The reader cannot see into your heart. He will know only what you tell him. Make the blind see your words. Make the hard-hearted feel. Make the deaf hear.

...we must be a beacon of hope, because if you tell people there's nothing they can do, they will do worse than nothing.

The idea of the chickens with the multiple breasts and thighs came from an urban legend that some fast-food places had developed chickens with four thighs. It wasn't true, but it is a suggestive rumor.

If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice.

I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own radio program.

We're facing growing climate change, more floods, more droughts, more crisis on a planetary level, and the systems we put in place in the twentieth century are just not going to work. We've run out of stuff. Our big problems are going to be energy supplies and food supplies. This is not a right-left issue. It's a people issue, and it cuts across all our categories.

The facts of this world seen clearly are seen through tears.