Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our society.

Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.

I'll tell you what pressure is. Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse. Playing cricket is not.

There never was a social change in America without angry people at the heart

The way to love someone is to lightly run your finger over that person's soul until you find a crack, and then gently pour your love into that crack.

Memories must enter the bloodstream, must churn awhile through the heart's mill, must be crushed and polished, be nearly forgotten or cling like burs to other stories before they spill forth in purple patterns, shapes of small bones and worm rot, shapes of clouds and the spaces between leaves.

I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God.