There's an ecstatic side to writing. It's like jazz. It just has a life.

As I get older, I realize that the thing I value the most is good-heartednes s.

Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories.

Howard Zinn was magical as a teacher. Witty, irreverent, and wise, he loved what he was teaching and clearly wanted his students to love it, also.

Healing begins where the wound was made.

The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.

Well, sometime Mr —— git on me pretty hard. I have to talk to Old Maker. But he my husband. I shrug my shoulders. This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways. You ought to bash Mr —— head open, she say. Think bout heaven later.