Even when I press against him his presence is too far away.

This pain is comfort. It is the solace of physicality, like a touch.

Doing nothing was as honourable as any available course of action. Think of Hamlet, think of Job, think of Jesus before Pilate.

I stare out at the real world projected on the windows

His suffering was no more real than he was.

Reality, it seems, is not a flat plane, but has as many veils as an onion has skins.

For someone to be perfect, they must be real, however imperfect they are.

It is a matter of mere coincidence that there is often a real individual who corresponds with a celebrity, signifies them.

You need to bridge the gap between reality and freedom. Drugs are the bridge.

I feel underslept but overjoyed. Nothing feels so good as this.

Is the writer cruel that makes his characters suffer only to bring them to triumph or tragedy in the end?

I was so happy and content with in life playing music. Music was always my first job and my day gig was my second job.

Mankind, why do ye set your hearts on things That, of necessity, may not be shared?

War is not inherent in human beings. We learn war and we learn peace. The culture of peace is something which is learned, just as violence is learned and war culture is learned.

When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society.

Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without. [There is fault on both sides.]

I am a woman with absolutely no sense of nostalgia.

There are simply no public figures today who so challenge the elite business and government establishment and so champion the working class as Jimmy Hoffa did almost daily and with arrogance.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

The whole value of history, of biography, is to increase my self-trust, by demonstrating what man can be and do.

When Jesus started His ministry, the very first thing He did was form a small group.