As for me, I'm just passin' through this planet.

You can't smear acrylics, you know, it dries too fast.

I came here as a man of visions. I was sent here as a man of visions, like a second Noah. I'm not a Noah but I'm here as a second Noah. I'm here as a red light is in the street.

I took the pieces you threw away, put them together by night and day. Washed by the rain. Dried by the sun. A million pieces all in one.

Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not here to live a normal life. I'm sent here on a mission.

My work begun to spread out. And calls to the universities begun to take me out of my garden, you know.

I never did buy things on credit, I always paid for 'em, because I can't see much difference in paying for something and just waiting a week and pay interest on it; that looks foolish to me.

I never met someone I did not love.

I love the way you lit candles, with the insistence that I never look, just so I can open my eyes and find the light in the darkness.

‘Foo Kyu’ is just a very unfortunate cultural coincidence.""Just think about his poor son, ‘Foo Kyu Two.’

Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness.

I had committed myself: without love I'd have to go through the gestures of love.

When you let go of what you are, you become what you might be.

I'm not denying that he's a terrific guy, but I'm not sure he's terrific for me.

It's not often that I get to remember and use phrases like "on out my farm" or "powerful ugly" in modern scripts.

In the Middle East, the opposition is quite different than the opposition in advanced countries. In our countries, the opposition takes the form of explosions, assassinations, killings.

Only, in Haiti, I realized, is it possible to drink rum and haggle with a god.

The very difference of character in marriage produces a harmonious combination.