Ten minutes in a video store should convince any impartial observer that we live in a police state of consciousness, far more pervasive than the Nazis.

The dullard finds even wine tasteless, while the sorcerer is intoxicated by the mere sight of water.

If rulers refuse to consider poems as crimes, then someone must commit crimes that serve the function of poetry, or texts that possess the resonance of terrorism.

Nature has no Laws — only habits.

Art tells gorgeous lies that come true.

Sorcery: the systematic cultivation of enhanced consciousness or non-ordinary awareness & its deployment in the world of deeds & objects to bring about desired results.

To say that 'I will not be free till all humans (or all sentient creatures) are free' is simply to cave in to a kind of nirvana-stupor, to abdicate our humanity, to define ourselves as losers.

In short, it occurred to me that perhaps the only possible avant garde is the avant garden.

Words belong to those who use them only till someone else steals them back.

the dullard sees no eros in fine champagne; the sorcerer can fall intoxicated on a glass of water

The last possible deed is that which defines perception itself, an invisible golden chord that connects us: illegal dancing in the courthouse corridors.

The television image sanctified, conferred identity. The more familiar the face, the more to be trusted.

Dance with the one that brought you

I think the Internet and technology in general has changed everything. We can see it overseas even more with the Arab Spring and so forth.

My personal favorite [ moment] was when someone asked for one selfie too many and [Andy Cohen] snapped and tried to kill her by hugging her.

Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

For frequent tears have run; The colours from my life.

Love makes the Real of desire accessible without its tragic dimension

It's nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning - what's the impact you're having on the world. Suffering to accomplish that is a perfectly fine thing.

We should not say how's business, but where is business

I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.