The more we exile ourselves from nature, the more we crave its miracle waters.

An animal on a leash is not tamed by the owner. The owner is extending himself through the leash to that part of his personality which is pure dog, that part of him which just wants to eat, sleep, bark, hump chairs, wet the floor in joy, and drink out of a toilet bowl.

My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.

Because IQ tests favor memory skills and logic, overlooking artistic creativity, insight, resiliency, emotional reserves, sensory gifts, and life experience, they can't really predict success, let alone satisfaction.

Don't just live the length of your life - live the width of it as well.

In the early years of the Uprising, we survived on one meal a day of horse meat and soup, but by the end we ate only dried peas, dogs, cats and birds.

Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points.