The break would never come as long as fear could turn to wrath.

The craft or art of writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for the wordlessness.

No one who is young is ever going to be old.

I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. A confused people can make no clear demands.

People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.

I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I've lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment.

For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have.