Only faith and restraint against the tyrant damns the saint.

Everybody deserves love, but nobody is entitled to it.

Before you eat the elephant, make sure you know what parts you want to eat.

I think I’m always so much more happy with books and movies and stuff. I think I get more excited about well-done representations of life than life itself.- Celine

I think both Protestants and Catholics have killed the woman for the sake of the mother. (Rubem Alves, p. 201)

Lift up your eyes unto mine air and see the love floating there for I am Paradise and I am everywhere.

Cursed be he above all others Who's enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers, Money takes the place of parents, Money brings us war and slaughter.

It isn't always easy between us. I admit that. But it's right between us, always.

Nobody really wants to work anymore. Nobody has the dedication to say, "It's going to take me ten years to get through this thing."

When you love someone, you shouldn't feel that they should love in return. You have to give people freedom.

Book cover, 'Reefer Club' Totalitarianism is when people believe they can punish their way to perfection.