Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.

The world of sight is still limitless. It is the artist who limits vision to the cramped dimensions of his own ego.

The Republicans think they have a corner on morality.

To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation.

It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.

[The sea] is the healer and the reviver, it cleanses the cavities of self-disgust and melancholy, of sloth and negation with the salt solution of life. It cures the lethargies of flesh and spirit with the slap and shake of elemental force. It cradles and comforts. Give it trust and it holds you secure; fight it and it kills.

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.