Immortality doesn't last nearly as long as you think. Even our souls die in the end.

This is why the oceans taste of salt. It is because of all the tears of mermaids for sailors who have died for their love. The oceans are salt with death and grief.

If you think you've seen it all, put on your sunglasses, because you're about to be surprised.

Meditation is defined by not just the mode of thinking, but also the object of thought

We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still

A huge amount of success in life comes from learning as a child how to make good habits. It's good to help kids understand that when they do certain things habitually, they're reinforcing patterns.

Use your lives wisely, my friends, and conserve these precious freedoms for future generations.

The way something looks is the last thing we figure out

A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave.

Fiction helps me to reconnect with the true, deep weirdness inherent in everyday reality, in our dealings with one another, in just being alive.

I mainly wanted non-english writing poets, because I loved the idea that I was translating translations.

If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.