"It is not for you to judge the journey of another's soul. It is for you to decide who YOU are, not who another has been or has failed to be."

“I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently erotic or inherently sensual from birth.”

Source : Interview with David Steinberg, www.nearbycafe.com. May 25, 1994.

“I write my miserable songs. I write songs about disgust and self-pity. We’re all going to have bummer moments. That’s not the stuff I choose to share.”

“It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men's expectations of them too high by undue and impertinent commendations.”

Source : Thomas Sprat (1667). “The History of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge”, p.46

“The opposite of thinking clearly is being muddled. To be conscious of being muddled is a horrible experience. To avoid it we may even be tempted to shut our minds and swallow a belief, ready-made, from some expert authority.”

“Always be kinder than necessary.”

“I believe that everyone chooses how to approach life. If you're proactive, you focus on preparing. If you're reactive, you end up focusing on repairing.”

“My Grandmother standing wordless fifteen minutes Between rows of loganberries, clippers poised in her hand.”

“Where once such devices were relegated to appropriate times, now they've become necessities. The other day I watched a kid come off the school bus listening to music on his headphones, oblivious to the traffic zooming past him. And I can't even begin to count the times I've thought pet owners were talking to their dogs while taking them for a walk when, in reality, they were blabbing on their cell phones. It's a different level of use than we've seen in the past, ... It's becoming more of a full-day listening experience as opposed to just when you're jogging.”