Mitchell had answered that, as far as he understood them, mystical experiences were significant only to the extent that they changed a person's conception of reality, and if that changed conception led to a change in behavior and action, a loss of ego.

The Statue of Liberty's gender changed nothing. It was the same here as anywhere: men and their wars.

no reason to mention my peculiarities, my wandering in the maze these many years, shut away from sight. and from love, too.

I saw the movie, he said. I know what it's about. Listen to this. When girls get to be about twelve or so - he leaned toward us - their tits bleed.

I'm constantly having doubts and moments of depression and then excitement and then back into the slough of despond.

Planning is for the world's great cities, for Paris, London, and Rome, for cities dedicated, at some level, to culture. Detroit, on the other hand, was an American city and therefore dedicated to money, and so design had given way to expediency.

What if you had faith and performed good works, what if you died and went to heaven, and what if all the people you met there were people you didn't like?