from the center of things:
most people desperate to fill a silence will often surprise you with unexpected information if you just leave them alone with their thoughts long enough.
a deep truth is a true statement whose opposite is also true.
from the language instinct:
we think that children pickup language by imitating their mothers, but when a child says don't giggle me! or we holded the baby rabbits, it cannot be an act of imitation.
another book excerpt for ya: the center of things.
