While a truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.

Art makes us feel less alone. It makes us think: somebody else has thought this, somebody else has had these feelings.

As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize that few humans will permit themselves such an understanding.

Because our entire universe is made up of consciousness, we never really experience the universe directly we just experience our consciousness of the universe, our perception of it, so right, our only universe is perception.

But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you. I love you. With all my heart, I love you.

The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin.

Things are tough all over, cupcake, an' it rains on the just an' the unjust alike...except in California.