a man can break God's laws and be forgiven. That's what they teach us. But when he breaks Nature's laws, there's no forgiveness - and there's no escape. Sooner or later he pays the penalty, or his children pay it - or his children's children. It doesn't matter much. It must be paid.

Listen - man is a child of Nature. When he turns against his mother - he's done! He may not find out about it right away, but he will.

A sickness ... defines margins, crystallizes the shape of things.

The snow again. White, white net of beauty, net of dream, trapping the earth, trapping the helpless heart of life.

By mid-morning a rain as fine as silk spills was weaving over the lake.

Religion is passionate, reckless, destructive, idol-smashing. It's a martyr burning at the stake. It's a crown of thorns and a cross.

I don't see as it matters much how well you mean if it's harm you're doin'.