The study of formal languages and automata is essential for understanding the theoretical underpinnings of computer science.
Language is not a cultural artifact that we learn the way we learn to tell time or how the federal government works. Instead, it is a distinct piece of the biological makeup of our brains.
A writer is a person who is not satisfied with the world as it is, who wants to change it, to improve it, to make it more beautiful, more just, more livable.
"In the silence of the land, there are stories waiting to be told."