With their backs to the sunrise they worship the night.

It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey.

In this avaricious world, even a beggar needs money in his bowl, to be heard.

Every time we see a child we travel back to the times we have forgotten and we bitterly visit all the beautiful things taken from us in the name of being an adult!

Do adults realize how lucky they are?

To recognize and comprehend what influences us and others is to function with purpose.

People ... have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work.

Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered . . . just one kind word to another person.

No one shall deny me my own conclusions, nor my cat her reflective purr.

I like being on the floor, listening in on the huddles. It makes me feel like a player again.

Are you really going to let a toilet stand in the way of you and financial independence?

I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.