“Venice invites moral surrender not with a playful wink, but with the understanding that she is and has always been, sluttish under here regal disgues.”

“To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.”

“The world is alive, blinking and clicking, winking at us slyly, inviting us to get up and dance to the music that's been playing since the beginning of time, if you bend all the way down and put your ear to the ground and listen for it." -Cold Tangerines”

“Like so many women for whom money has always been provided without their understanding how, she was prepared to be a thorough and irresponsible plunger.”

“Official morality has always been oppressive and negative: it has said "thou shalt not," and has not troubled to investigate the effect of activities not forbidden by the code.”

“People have always wanted to 'improve' human beings; for the most part, this has been called morality.”