She shrugged. "Ownership is a fragile concept.

The student asks: If my redstone necklace had every view of every veil that ever brightened, would I be wise? The master answers: If I had a thousand pieces of a priceless vase, would I be rich?

He didn't know which he preferred: the Red, with its fatalistic and pious acceptance of all futures, or the Misery, acknowledging that the more you attracted notice, the worse God dealt with you.

The worst kind of poison for despots: truth.

That which is cool is driven by the soul.

The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.

We've got an extraordinarily complex tax system that's full of loopholes that are exploited by special interests. I'd like to see those loopholes closed.

Obviously, people are going to think what they think, and I've never had any problems proving people wrong. I do what I do.

A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.

History does not belong to us; we belong to it.

As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the affairs of state.

You can’t have wasted a life you’ve barely lived.

It is a good and gentle religion, but inconvenient.

I've been a DJ, janitor, ditch digger, waitress, computer instructor, programmer, mechanic, web developer, clerk, manager, marketing director, tour guide and dorm manager, among other things.