i act harder than i am.i am softer than i look.

the opening, the breaking, the falling apartis always so quick.the hurting, the healing, the putting back togetheris always too long.

i can't hold onto love.i'm not gentle enough.i always end upcrushing the thingin between my fingertips.

we get brave.we move.we believe.we keep going.

everything i know about loveis that it hurtsand is almost always never returnedthe way you want it to.but i have hopebecause i do not know everything.

you giver of light.you lover of love.you beautifulbeautifulhuman being you.

i am changingand i am loving change.

i am soft again.there is water and it surrounds me.there is feeling and i can feel it.i am awake and aliveand swollen and heavy with love.i am changingand i am loving change.

i am awake and aliveand swollen and heavywith love.

i feel everything.i do not know how to un-feeland to not feelis to stop the sun.

i took it off.i did not want to carry it with me anymore.

Time erodes us all.

If you only enjoy the journey of writing, that's reward enough.

By about the year 2000 Communist China will be a “superpower” built by American technology and skill.

Ever notice, the ones who deny the holocaust are usually the same ones who want to repeat it?

I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.

We could go to monasteries. I could show you people who are very wise and they have great willpower, but they're not happy. They lack balance. They take it all too seriously.

Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.

My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe.

A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy.

There was a time when metal ruled the world and I don't see any reason why it should be different now.