Innocent droplets of rainMake almost all events Quite natural.(from "A Rainy Day")

When will the deathOf Death ever come?from "The Siege

Let them shoot us in the head, My blood will grow rootsand will blossom.

TIMETimeAnd how it slips through my fingersWithout putting its ring on them, And I remain simply its lover

It rainsAnd rainsAnd rains.But there is a sky above the rain, Nothing can rot the sky.Earth has turned to mud. What of it?The heart of the planet is made of fire, of ardent sun.(from "A Rainy Day")

ABYSSOur country livesAmong the deadAnd dies among the livingSometimes.

Only with a leafcan I talk of the forest,

IN OUR CELLSThey keep us in our cellsFor a long time...And, if we get out, We lug them with us on our shoulders, Like a porter with a chest of goods.

Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones.(from "Gratitude")

If you want to fly on the sky, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forward, you need to let go the past that drags you down.

You are not a human being, but you are a thinking and dreaming machine.

The irony is, nothing is more frightening than being frightened.

Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death.

I think ring rust is an excuse people use when they don't box well.

They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, 'Was it books in the trunk?' 'It was books, admitted Miss Minton. And Maia said, 'Good.

I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person.

It was stated, . . . that the value of architecture depended on two distinct characters:--the one, the impression it receives from human power; the other, the image it bears of the natural creation.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.