Feynman
- Physicist Not For Hire
At that time nobody knew what a physicist even was, and there weren't any positions in industry for physicists. Engineers, OK; but physicists - nobody knew how to use them. It's interesting that very soon, after the war, it was the exact opposite: people wanted physicists everywhere.
Exurb1a
- Love from Afar
Let's pause for a second and acknowledge how easy it is to love from afar. One might see this person three or four times a week, and always in situations where difficulties needn't crop up. Since the two of you never face a challenge, it is possible to imagine the object of your affection to be free of pettiness, stupidity, self-obsession, and all the other frequent visitors to the human psyche.
Exurb1a
- Museum of Regrets
I fear that on my last day, on my deathbed, that is when the meaning of things will enter the room and kiss my forehead and whisper into my ear what it was I should have done with my life, and how I should've conducted myself. Hell isn't a fire pit but a museum of regrets.
