All but universally, human architecture values front elevations over back entrances, public spaces over private. Danny Jessup says that this aspect of architecture is also a reflection of human nature, that most people care more about their appearance than they do about their souls.

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.

No degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.

Books are packaged dreams.

Pain is all I know." He murmured. "Peace is all I want

A great deal of phenomenal experience has fostered in me a flexibility of the mind and imagination that some might call madness

In the wind, the trees, like agitated lions preparing to roar, shook their great green manes.