If you want to know what's important to a culture, learn their language.

She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.

Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.

It isn't just a village. The houses aren't just places to live. Everything belongs to everybody. Everyone belongs to everyone else. Even a single person can make a difference.

I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.

A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.

I've never been very good at leaving things behind. I tried, but I have always left fragments of myself there too, like seeds awaiting their chance to grow.

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.

Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Reality is frequently inaccurate.

There are but a few blood purifiers and these are all in the body. We know them as the liver, kidneys, lungs, colon, and a few glands.

And inasmuch as the bridge is a symbol of all such poetry as I am interested in writing it is my present fancy that a year from now I'll be more contented working in an office than ever before.

As a young kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the world around me.

We should start being intolerant to those who are intolerant to us. This is not modern logic, this is not extreme, this is common sense.

Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.

I very rarely made any move to direct anything. I didn't have any faith in myself.

I wanted to make a record that sounded like a continous piece

It is a rare expert who clearly realizes how inexpert someone else can be.

My mom used to tell me, I can't use this phrase on the radio - but basically don't be one of those dudes hanging on the corner.