Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that... - Kurt Vonnegut

"Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic."

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