There is something about veganism that is not easy, but the difficulty is not inherent in veganism, but in our culture.

How could it ever be to our purpose to rob another living being of his or her purpose?

It was at that moment he realized that his spirit was truly human once more. For he no longer remembered how to be alone without being lonely.

It hurts to be lost. You go native because it's better to be wrong than to be lost.

I live on a train. I know - what a sad thing to admit. I am the New-Age Willy Loman. But there it is.

Sleeping. Turning in turn like planets rotating in their midnight meadow: a touch is enough to let us know we're not alone in the universe, even in sleep.

It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not.

My husband used to take care of the business part of this, and after he died I found I wasn't really any good at it. I hate remembering who owes me what and bugging them if they haven't paid me.

I went to Washington to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations

Perspective is the rein and rudder of painting.

Don't make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you're not even conscious you're making.

Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.