How unlike a dead fish a live fish is.

I do not believe in old age. I do not believe in getting tired.

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.

The way I'm going now is to focus on peace, to create peace. As Sister Corita said, "I don't go to anti-war rallies. I go to peace rallies."

The difference between mad people and sane people... is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad people have only one story that they talk over and over.

Perhaps women were once so dangerous that they had to have their feet bound

You must not tell anyone,' my mother said, 'what I am about to tell you.'