Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned.

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.

Remember, to hate, to be violent, is demeaning. It means you're afraid of the other side of the coin -- to love and be loved.

If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real they're real for you whether they're real or not.

A man's balance depends on the weight he carries between his legs.

For nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.