“I believe language is infinitely malleable, a live being in our hands, which deserves our great respect and curiosity”

“Yet I have come to believe that while the past is unchangeable, our perceptions of is are malleable...”

“The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not worshipped; it is our future in which we will find our greatness.”

“We are afraid that our adult sexuality will somehow damage our kids, that it’s inappropriate or dangerous. But whom are we protecting? Children who see their primary caregivers at ease expressing their affection (discreetly, within appropriate boundaries) are more likely to embrace sexuality with the healthy combination of respect, responsibility, and curiosity it deserves. By censoring our sexuality, curbing our desires, or renouncing them altogether, we hand our inhibitions intact to the next generation.”

“Men are infinitely malleable.”

“Words bend our thinking to infinite paths of self-delusion, and the fact that we spend most of our mental lives in brain mansions built of words means that we lack the objectivity necessary to see the terrible distortion of reality which language brings.”