We've learned to see the world in gasps.

The farther north you go, the fewer fruits and vegetables there are. What kind of apple trees do you suggest the Inuit get their apples from? And how much oil is expended transporting such things out there? It's an equation.

friendship was always contingent.

Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.

One good maxim to keep in mind, and I can't remember who said it, "You meet the same people on the way down that you meet on the way up, but you're going the other way."

Though as he'd say, what is 'belief' but a willingness to suspend the negatives?

You think I'm not a goddess? Try me. This is a torch song. Touch me and you'll burn.