ABYSSOur country livesAmong the deadAnd dies among the livingSometimes.

When will the deathOf Death ever come?from "The Siege

Let them shoot us in the head, My blood will grow rootsand will blossom.

TIMETimeAnd how it slips through my fingersWithout putting its ring on them, And I remain simply its lover

It rainsAnd rainsAnd rains.But there is a sky above the rain, Nothing can rot the sky.Earth has turned to mud. What of it?The heart of the planet is made of fire, of ardent sun.(from "A Rainy Day")

Innocent droplets of rainMake almost all events Quite natural.(from "A Rainy Day")

Only with a leafcan I talk of the forest,

IN OUR CELLSThey keep us in our cellsFor a long time...And, if we get out, We lug them with us on our shoulders, Like a porter with a chest of goods.

Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones.(from "Gratitude")

Being blind is the worst possible thing and asking me to read and write no more is torture.

Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason not that you have no reason for living.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him.

The amount of speculation surrounding my romantic life is astounding. It's strange how involved people get: invested and angry, really disappointed.

As much as we've enjoyed it up here, we're also starting to look forward to seeing all the people back on Earth that we miss and love so much.

Fill your plate with the colours of the rainbow. What pleases the eye, pleases the body.

A search of one's life and soul will reveal the hand of God. The outpouring of his blessings come with our afflictions, not in spite of them. Afflictions be praised!

When people say stuff like, "Oh, that's soft rock. I don't listen to that," I find that elitist. It's music-racist.

I'll know I'm reaching the total American market when I'm asked to do a video for MTV.

What comes next? Super Mario 128? Actually, that's what I want to do.