She could not bring herself to turn away from the night sky, for the stars and the blackness were the only escape she had when old faded memories returned to haunt her.

There is no elegance in this existence, nor grace in our lives. There is nothing poetic about feasting on blood that spills from torn flesh...

Those who fight for food will die in hunger, those who fight for wealth will end up poor heated, only those who seek knowledge and freedome will succeed even at there past.

You should have some time to think and that's very important.

My life is a performance for which I was never given any chance to rehearse.

I hadn't thought that I was generally a pack rat, but it turns out I am.

The sense of endings as well as beginnings in the air is now so obvious in so many dimensions of our experience that a critical mass has been reached.

The idea that beauty is unimportant is the real beauty myth.

No matter what you're going through, as long as you have some specific emotion, whether it's positive or negative, it is all stuff that you can use on stage.

The soul is never quiet till it comes to God . . . and that is the one thing the soul desireth.

Human beings need unhappiness at least as much as they need happiness.

Although wisdom is built on life experiences, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing.