Before a secret is told one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere.

A story is told as much by silence as by speech.

And if the professional rapist is to be separated from the average dominant heterosexual (male), it may be mainly a quantitative difference.

In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism.

Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and the continuance of life. Anytime you are going to build a society that works, you have to begin from nature and the body.

Poetry is a good medium for revolutionary hope.

The mind can forget what the body, defined by each breath, subject to the heart beating, does not.

I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution whatsoever.

Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere.

we are nature. We are nature seeing nature. We are nature with a concept of nature. Nature weeping. Nature speaking of nature to nature.

It is a grief over the fate of the Earth that contains within it a joyful hope, that we might reclaim this Earth.

I feel sorry for people who say they cannot read big books.

Life is beautiful but we make them in trouble due to our bad actions.

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

In general, nine-tenths of our happiness depends on our health alone.

Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is!

And the only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it.

I'm not a guy who likes cliches. I don't think that stereotypes and cliches are the end of the line, when it comes to a performance.

Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.

I've known attractive airheads, and I've known ugly idiots.

He's by best friend and the father of my children. He's a great ex.