Secret meanings
About this book
Cherry
– Medicine can taste more like cherries than cherries.
Lacuna
– Accidents of time create meaning.
Fibonacci
– This number sequence describes the form of many things.
Magic number
– A truly magic number would have magic.
Life and death
– We can’t make life from scratch.
Measuring a quality
– You can say how it feels.
Dream
– I had a dream last night.
Sign
– I wasn’t waiting for a sign.
In conversation
– I never tell you everything I think.
Magic
– Art relies on magic.
Moon landing
– The moon seemed closer than the mountains.
Distant friend
– My friend died unexpectedly.
Partner choices
– How do people choose their partners?
Pumpkin
– We name things by association.
Gender
– Gender and appearance don’t correlate well.
Psychic
– It’s a role, not a gift.
Robot singer
– A robot imitates a singer.
Married
– People could tell they were married.
Lying
– Does believing protect one from lying?
Detective mysteries
– Crimes can’t easily be concealed.
Critical appraisals
– Mother shared her criticisms.
Discarded evidence
– Nobody needs to know whatever we toss out.
Identity in action
– Being good isn’t a quality.
Retired
– I don’t envy my cats.
Loved one
– One, yet two.
Feline behavior
– We can’t tell whether its behavior is instinctual.
Time
– Time is locked away.
She knows
– He praises her only because he loves her.