Condolence Gifts

"Here he is, folks, straight from his deathbed in Jersey City, a beautiful guy—let's hear a nice round of applause for . . ."

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

Zenemies.

"The overthinker"

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

"My wife left me. Then my hard drive died."

Prejudice/Empathy

'You got anything that says I put some thought into this gift?'

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

Rodin's Thinker.

"Lately, I've been trying to spend less time staring at the glowing orb."

'What's the best kind of glue to fix a TV screen?'

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! … Emerson" "Good boy!"

"After searching for the sun all night, it finally dawned on me..."

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

'It's normal -- Enlightenment freaks a lot of people out.'

"How come I can't remember what I forget, but I always remember that I forgot something!"

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"Can you recommend something for the attorney who got me everything?"

"If you think this is bad, you should see what they do to themselves"

Ice Cream Flavors

Hyacinths

"Is it just me, or do these sculptural forms of light and shadow make you think about the ephemeral nature of life, the spirituality of the moment eclipsing our futile quest for cheese?"

"OK, what have you done?"

"It's a full-blown empathy attack!. . . help me sneak him out of here before this thing spreads through the entire company!"

"Exactly what is this 'nothing' I've been hearing so much about?"

Heaven's Ingredients: 100% Natural Love, 100% compassion and 100% forgiveness.

Soren Kierkegaard

"No, wait. What if the cop character is the murderer, and the mobster guy is completely innocent?"

The Deep Thinker