...the oppressor is truly repressed. Their poverty is existential, often surrounded by an abundance of material goods. (Leonardo Boff, p. 179)

I don't tolerate politics that come from anger. I want a politics derived from beauty... I don't admire politicians, but poets. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)

I think both Protestants and Catholics have killed the woman for the sake of the mother. (Rubem Alves, p. 201)

Jesus revealed a face of God that bothered society profoundly! (Carlos Mesters, p. 122)

Certainly, the wealth of the rich is a consequence of the poverty of the poor. (Lori Altmann, p. 85)

I believe that theology is facing the abyss.I must face the abyss, the abyss of existence, the abyss of mystery. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)

A little child paddles a little boat, Drifting about, and picking white lotuses. He does not know how to hide his tracks, And duckweed's opened up along his path.

I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it.

If I didn't think what I was doing had something to do with enlarging the boundaries of art, I wouldn't go on doing it.

Most people don't get a fair crack of the whip.

He warmes too neere that burnes.

Most Americans do not like poetry. We may respect it, but we do not enjoy it.

The hard part about getting much attention is that people start dissecting what you do.

The Chinese say it's better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one.

I am delighted by the support I have received from colleagues. It reflects the optimistic message that I've been putting forward.

Orange? Like Effie's hair?" I say. "A bit more muted," he says. "More like sunset.