Of all the featherless beasts, only man, chained by his self-imposed slavery to the clock, denies the elemental fire and proceeds as best he can about his business, suffering quietly, martyr to his madness. Much to learn.

The Proustian aquarium: grotesque and gorgeous fish drifting with languid fins through a subaqueous medium of pale violet polluted ink.

The Latino military fare badly when they stumble into war with the gringos. But in the torture, murder, and massacre of their own people, they have always performed with brilliance and elan.

Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.

Without courage, all other virtues are useless.

Love flowers best in openness and freedom.

It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will?