Words are the light and sound of our existence, the heat lightning by which the night is illuminated.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

she stuck a bookmark in my heart and walked away

We never looked quite right on paper, but that's what made us so great. We were exactly what we wanted to be...and that was happy.

I didn't want to be a genius! That ain't cool.

Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known; The fool consistent, and the false sincere; Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.

On top of that, we have a healthy and stable economy and an end to the boom and bust that characterised the Tory years.

Make your haters mad! Yeah, make them really mad!

The youth of this country are not behind what is going on. We all know that. If you looked at a [political] map of the United States 25 and under, it's all-revealing. It's a unified map.

The opposite of consumption is not thrift - it is generosity.

What you want, what you're hanging around in the world waiting for, is for something to occur to you.

I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.