Starting on the Right Foot

I figure the best way to open a personal and individualized link to the world is by quoting somebody.

More specifically, I want to quote this man, Robert M. Pirsig, because he is currently one of my favorite authors and philosophers:

"We take a handful of sand from the endless landscape of awareness around us and call that handful of sand the world."
        - Robert M. Pirsig, from his philosophical novel:
              Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values