War cannot be used as a means to prevent or abolish wars. ... The idea of a war to prevent war is one of its oldest, and cruelest, tricks.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

When we have opened ourselves to give forgiveness or to accept forgiveness we have opened ourselves to touch the Divine.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

The United Nations is a mess, riddled with scandals. In fact, the U.N. itself is a scandal.

What may not be altered is made lighter by patience.

I just think that when my confidence meets other people's insecurity, that equals Kanye's arrogant.

She was tired, with that tiredness that only emptiness brings.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Let there be songs to fill the air.

I work on stories rather than individual pictures.