Endeavor and Play

"The opposite of play isn't work. It's depression. To play is to act out and be wilful, exultant and committed as if one believes in all prospects." -Brian Sutton-Smith

He was "a staunch dissident against the view that endeavor is futile." -Tom Shippey[?], describing J.R.R. Tolkien's Christian and Germanic ethic for life's choices, which are innately heroic.

"The kids with pretend guns who pop out to shoot adults with 'Ha I shot you!' are functional happy optimists. The same adults (who will not play dead!), disturbed by kids with toy guns, are already dead to life, and ought to be shot." -NPHillman

"Polyconjugating is Polydisorienting" -NPH

"Cowardice, Cruelty, Numbness and Abasement result necessarily from the absence of Remorse and Joy." -NPH

"The fear of personal redemption and transformation is the greatest fear known to man and woman." -NPH