Word of the Day
From that solitude, full of despair and terror, he was torn out brutally, with kicks and blows, passive, sunk in hebetude. -- Joseph Conrad, Nostromo
By actual measurement ravens are the brainiest of birds, and on subjective evidence they seem more sapient than most other living creatures. -- David Quammen, "Bird Brains", New York Times, August 1, 1999
