Growing food was the first activity that gave us enough prosperity to stay in one place, form complex social groups, tell our stories, and build our cities.

It's frightening when things you love appear suddenly changed from what you have always known.

Sleeping alone seemed unnatural to me, and pitiful, something done in hospitals or when you're contagious.

Oh, mercy. If it catches you in the wrong frame of mind, the King James Bible can make you want to drink poison in no uncertain terms.

I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts.

You know things are bad when a woman without any legs and who recently lost two of her own kids feels sorry for you.

So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts.