Some of his own closeness to nature, his great love for human beings, was passed on by Whitman to all of us who knew and loved him.

It is not enough to say that something good, something beautiful is being born. We must help it become a reality - not a dream.

Only with the tools of production in their own hands could the workers ever hope to control their own lives and receive the fruits of their labor.

The capitalist class shoots down mothers and children. It stops at nothing, no matter how monstrous, to prevent the organization of the workers.

I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us, the beauty of nature, the beauty of human beings.

Your mum pounced on her and started sucking away. Would’ve been arousing if not for all the screaming.”“Ian, ” Bones drew out warningly.He grinned. “You’re right. I was aroused anyway.

I stand and feel an overpowering urge to forgive, because I realize that my father can't help himself, that he never could help himself, any more than he could understand himself.

it’s being branded a failure that causes the most pain

Ask yourself if you’re taking the time to see beyond the surface.

Farsi Couplet: Agar firdaus bar roo-e zameen ast, Hameen ast-o hameen ast-o hameen ast. English Translation: If there is a paradise on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this

You've done what?" "I know," he said. "You're impressed. You send me out for bread and I come back with a boy. Well, not literally. That would be weird. Even for me.

If wishes were fishes, the world would be an ocean

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

All human beings are born with the same creative potential. Most people squander theirs away on a million superfluous things. I expend mine on one thing and one thing only: my art.

I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.