The function of the West is to turn bodies and minds into products. It cannot understand that the rest of the world holds this to be an obscenity, a corruption of our nirvanic nature.

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of Americas brittle and mutating id.

Your fear of letting go prevents you from letting go of your fear of letting go.

The world other than as advertised can be an amazing place.

Don't ask me when I first mastered the obvious.

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.