This is Herbert. He lives in the Mariana Trench. He is grumpy not because he is under 16000 psi, but because it is too dark for anyone to see his fantastic colors. He is fluorescent orange and hot pink, with royal blue appendages.
It is so self-conscious, so apparently moral, simply to step aside from the gaps where the creeks and winds pour down, saying, I never merited this grace, quite rightly, and then to sulk along the rest of your days on the edge of rage. I won’t have it. The world is wilder than that in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more extravagant and bright.
[Annie Dillard]
This is Herbert. He lives in the Mariana Trench. He is grumpy not because he is under 16000 psi, but because it is too dark for anyone to see his fantastic colors. He is fluorescent orange and hot pink, with royal blue appendages.