The societies to which I have been exposed seemed to me largely machines for the suppression of women.

Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.

The point is there ain't no point.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.

You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.

Ive seen the meanness of humans till I dont know why God aint put out the sun and gone away.

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.

The rain falls upon the just And also on the unjust fellas But mostly it falls upon the just Cause the unjust have the just's umbrellas

There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot.

Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.

I’m not gone.” He pulled her close and whispered in her ear, “And we’ve got tonight.

I hope we can inaugurate a new humility in our use of religious language, which for me is the very proof that it is authentic.

So long as there is imperialism in the world, a permanent peace is impossible.

Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. 'Black Rain' was very much about choices. The message - we are what we chose to be.

Where do you wanna belong?" I half whispered. His expression changed with quicksilver speed, amusement dancing in his eyes. "Anywhere they don't want me." -Hardy Cateses & Liberty Jones

This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl.

I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes.

The Holy Bible. Promoting ignorance and superstition for nearly 2000 years.

The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it.