I am not so different in my history of abandonment from anyone else after all. We have all been split away from the earth, each other, ourselves.

A story is told as much by silence as by speech.

And if the professional rapist is to be separated from the average dominant heterosexual (male), it may be mainly a quantitative difference.

In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism.

Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and the continuance of life. Anytime you are going to build a society that works, you have to begin from nature and the body.

Poetry is a good medium for revolutionary hope.

The mind can forget what the body, defined by each breath, subject to the heart beating, does not.

I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution whatsoever.

Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere.

we are nature. We are nature seeing nature. We are nature with a concept of nature. Nature weeping. Nature speaking of nature to nature.

It is a grief over the fate of the Earth that contains within it a joyful hope, that we might reclaim this Earth.

Be nice to people on your way up, because you'll land on them on your way down

Designing posters, for me, is not only a commercial pursuit but also a philosophical endeavor.

I mean, wha comfort does pretendin to be a Buddhist or wharrever give him? What's wrong with pretendin to be a Catholic like the rest of us?

The white flower of a blameless life.

The Ninysh might have resisted a bit harder. I don't mean to imply that they were cowards..., " Maurizio said shrugging, clearly implying that the Ninysh were cowards.

Love is like life-merely longer.

Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men.

The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.

They are safe but they are not in their homes. They are city-less. I think it's just a disaster for everyone.

Yes, I am complimented on my work in Kids in the Hall once or twice a week. Its a nice feeling.