When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out and show the obscenity hidden under the verbal cloak.

I have a good, hearty laugh and an energetic handshake, and those are trump cards.

The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance to oppression.

I like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.

For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.