"Things involved with a computer fill me with a childlike terror. Now, if it were a nice ogre or some such I'd be more in my element."

“Every walker is a guard on patrol to protect the ineffable.”

“I can't really dress rock 'n' roll any more because I'm the wrong side of 40, but I want that to be the fashion.”

“It is significant that, as innocent babies are killed, and capital punishment is withheld from their murderers, the same men who plead for the murderer's life also demand the “right” to abortion. Usually, the same picketers that carry a sign one day, “Abolish Capital Punishment,” also carry “Legalize Abortion” another day. When this is called to their attention, their answer is, “There is no contradiction involved.” They are right: the thesis is “condemn the innocent and free the guilty.”

“I want my girls to love math. I want them to think that being a scientist is the coolest possible job on the planet. I want them to not be afraid to lean toward their femininity.”

“During the first two months of the war it was the Anarchists more than anyone else who had saved the situation, and much later than this the Anarchist militia, in spite of their indiscipline, were notoriously the best fighters among the purely Spanish forces.”

“Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience - ensuring we'll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.”

“I think preparing food and feeding people brings nourishment not only to our bodies but to our spirits. Feeding people is a way of loving them, in the same way that feeding ourselves is a way of honoring our own createdness and fragility.”

“Hey, I work one full hour a day!”