The thoughts...are not mine. They came freely to me, and I give them freely away. I have no "intellectual property," and I think that all claimants to such propert are theives.
I am well aware that you cannt give your thoughts to someone who will not take them, and I am prepared for that. I would like to be agreed with, of course, but the rules of publication require me o be willing also to be disagreed with , to be ignored, and even to be disliked. Those who are so moved by this book to disagreement or dislike will take discomfort, I hope, from hearing that some of my readers treat me kindly.
Kindness from readers is something that no essayist (and no writer of any other kind) has a right to expect. The kindness I have recieved from readers I count as the only profit from my work that is entirely net. I am always grateful for it and often am deeply moved by it.
But kindness is not - is never - the same as complete agreement. An essayist not only has no right to expect complete agreement but has certain responsibility to ward it off. If you tell me, dear reader, that you agree with me completely, then I must suspect one or both of us of dishonesty. I must reserve the right, after all, to disagree with myself.
--Wendell Berry
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The following has nothing to do with the above.
The lovely Davina reminded me of an operation I recently performed in which her old brain was removed and a new brain implanted. (See here for details.) Fantastic results have been observed. As such, the proceedure* is now open to the rest of the public. Partial brains available too. Please contact for a full listing of services and rates.
*patent pending
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