In youth the human body drew me and was the object of my secret and natural dreams. But body after body has taken away from me that sensual phosphorescence which my youth delighted in.

For support, I fall back on my heart. Has a man any fault a woman cannot weave with and try to change into something better, if the god her man prays to is a mother holding a baby?

Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself.

And who is any of us, that without starvation he can go through the kingdoms of starvation?

When an individual fear or apathy would cause us to pass by the unfortunate, then life is of no account.

Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.

When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merely listen, as one does on a dark night; we should merely gaze at the stars.

When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.

A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.

To strip a man of all loyalties but those to the state, makes him not only a worm but a monster, without a shred of humanity.

Surely no one can be sure he has visited Cienega; people say to themselves, do they not: 'Was it a vision; or have I, some time or other, seen dusk in a valley like this?'

Today’s tangents will become tomorrow’s arcs, and unforeseen connections will tie up your loose ends in a way that will make you want to slap your head and holler at your accidental brilliance.

We always feel threatened by things we don't know. But, there are definitely some weird things going on.

Sometimes you have to be a bad person to save yourself, and it takes a little chunk out of your soul, but you do it anyway.

I am in a mixed race marriage myself, and I have a mixed race son....The racial perception interest is probably always going to be there to some extent.

Oliver Twist has asked for more!

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

We can't let people drive wedges between us... because there's only one human race.

Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.

The Best way to help the world is to help someone!

America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.