I didn’t like having to explain to them, so I just shut up, smoked a cigarette, and looked at the sea.

If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.

It is better to burn than to disappear.

I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I always think it's mine

At that time, I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do but look up at the sky flowing overhead, little by little I would have gotten used to it.

After awhile you could get used to anything.

To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing.

I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.

Mother used to say that however miserable one is, there’s always something to be thankful for. And each morning, when the sky brightened and light began to flood my cell, I agreed with her.

How did I picture the life after the grave? I fairly bawled out at him: "A life in which I can remember this life on earth. That's all I want of it.

In the long run one gets used to anything.

Obedience is the opener of eyes.

Love is the climate of the kingdom

You sanctimonious philistines, who scoff at me!What has your politics fed onsince you've been ruling the world?On butchery and murder!

Practice means making an effort to keep your mind steady. Yoga is about learning to pay attention. That's what drives transformation.

Adult dragons are,astute,powerful,and sure of their strength.

We can do better. ...We can't ignore the inequalities that persist in our justice system that undermine our most deeply held values of fairness and equality.

I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse.

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

We cannot understand our humanity just by studying individuals.

I'm a person that can get along with people. I like people who believe passionately in things even if they're not the things I agree with.