But the only possible guarantee of the future is responsible behavior in the present.

The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil is dreaming of grass.

Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in "justice" or in affirmation of "rights" or in defense of "peace" do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation.

The world is whole beyond human knowing.

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.

It is to be broken. It is to be torn open. It is not to be reached and come to rest in ever. I turn against you, I break from you, I turn to you. We hurt, and are hurt, and have each other for healing. It is healing. It is never whole.

I don't think I had even begun to have an idea where I was going, but wherever it was, that was where I wanted to go.