I think mine is a very rich life.

We ourselves are part of a guild of species that lie within and without our bodies. Aboriginal peoples and the Ayurvedic practitioners of ancient India have names for such guilds, or beings made up (as we are) of two or more species forming one organism. Most of nature is composed of groups of species working interdependently.

There are only four things in all cleaners - whether it's shampoo, laundry detergent, whatever.You buy them in bulk and you mix them up properly, and they all work. It doesn't matter if they call the stuff ecologically friendly or have dolphins diving around on the label - it still has these damn four things in it. Anything else is just unnecessary additions to make it smell good or color it blue when it goes down the toilet.

Women are the holders of all knowledge, everything a man knows he stole from a woman.

If you're dealing with an assembly of biological systems, you can bring the things together, but you can't connect them.

Choose your friends from people who you like what they do - even though you mightn't like what they say.

I can easily teach people to be gardeners, and from them, once they know how to garden, you'll get a philosopher.