I look at a fly crawling on the back of my hand and wonder what it is thinking or feeling, just as I used to look at my own speechless infant children and wondered what they were thinking or feeling. Do I even know my own mind? The mind wants to live forever, or to learn a very good reason why not. The mind wants the world to return its love, or its awareness; the mind wants to know all the world, and all eternity, and God. The mind's sidekick, however, will settle for two eggs over easy. Annie Dillard
