Illness isolates; the isolated become invisible; the invisible become forgotten. But the snail....the snail kept my spirit from evaporating.

Those of us with illnesses are the holders of the silent fears of those with good health.

Reading maketh a full man

Compassion and brutality can coexist in the same individual and in the same moment...

I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry.

Yeah, Vegas is the number one place to go. Vegas is Sin City. It really gives you a feeling of looseness and anything can go.

Be the day never so long, Evermore at last they ring to evensong.

What is needed isn't merely tolerance but acceptance, wholehearted and unconditional.

To fly we have to have resistance.

To be a striker you need to be in good shape.

In India it is regarded as a good idea to dart in front of an oncoming car, for the car is sure to kill the evil spirits who are pursuing you, and all the rest of your life you will have good luck.

He was created of a mother whom He created. He was carried by hands that He formed. He cried in the manger in wordless infancy. He, the Word, without whom all human eloquence is mute.