In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When you realize it you cannot complain.

My relationship with cats has saved me from a deadly and pervasive ignorance.

When people start talking about their bowel movements, they are inexorable as the processes of which they speak.

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.

My greatest strength is to have a great capacity to confront myself no matter how unpleasant. My greatest weakness is that I don't. I know that's enigmatic, but that's sort of a general formula for anyone, actually.

The face of evil is always the face of total need.