We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection.

It is difficult to live with the pure. They do not condemn you; they forgive you. This forgiveness is more terrible than a judgment.

I seek the real stuff of life. Profound drama.

I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life.

We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art--we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.

The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.