The body knows no pain, not like the soul. At least a nerve has limits, a body part a name. But the soul... the soul... There is no bandage - even crying is in vain.

Penalty is different than punishment, because it offers something with which to regain honor.

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends. Being an indispensable source of food, shelter, peace, and cultural support dedicatedly spending 9 billion dollars a month on helping people would be a formidable enemy of evil.

To paraphrase the great poet Dante, the heavens swirl above us and our eyes are still cast to the ground.

Everything solid was first an idea.

Poetry isn't an activity, it's a way life is lived.

Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system of trade, but it's not my purpose and reason for living.