I sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference.

The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink.

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

Put a bird cage near the window so that the bird can see the sky? It's much better to look than not to, even if it hurts.

I actually get venereal disease more often than most people catch colds.

You leap over the wall of one ghetto and find yourself in another ghetto.

Once, I took a taxi. I hate those limousines. They stink and their drivers have been driving dead people to the cemeteries.

You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame.

Sometimes my heart hurts so much, I beat it with my fists. I try to run. But you cannot run from this. It waits for you. Even when you think you have escaped it, it is there.

It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean, then it exists. Otherwise, throw it away.

He brought his forehead against mine and we breathed the same air, slowly to try and find our composure. But it was impossible for me as long as he’s so close to me. “You’re ruining me.�

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.

You have to have faith that there is a reason you go through certain things. I can't say I'm glad to go through pain, but in a way one must, in order to gain courage and really feel joy.

Sustainability is a political choice, not a technical one. It's not a question of whether we can be sustainable, but whether we choose to be

Come quickly -- as soon as these blossoms open, they fall. This world exists as a sheen of dew on flowers.

America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.

No matter who or what you support, I believe in supporting fairness first.

I like to be able to get up and go and buy a pint of milk without bumping into 20 people I know.

I don't think I'm in any position to give anybody advice about anything.