How long does it take for a broken spirit to kill a body that has food, water and shelter?

It is a vast country, so that inspires you. It's also the greatest hotel on earth: It welcomes people from everywhere. It's a good country to write from because in many ways Canada is the world.

Mockery be damned, my urine looked delicious.

I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful.

I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death on this murderous island.

In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a match.

To me, religion is about our dignity, not our depravity.