“The whole world is dying. Just too slowly and naturally for my liking. Somebody should poison the food by genetically modifying it somehow. But even if that happened, nobody would be stupid enough to buy it—let alone eat it—would they?”

“..Do nothing, eat little, read slowly, watch nature just happen by itself, buy only what is freely given and give away what cannot be owned by anyone in the first place. The secret is to leave something alone, and then to fnd that life just aligns itself..”

“Ten men in our country could buy the whole world and ten million can't buy enough to eat.”

“I ate and drank slowly as one should (cook fast, eat slowly) and without distractions such as (thank heavens) conversation or reading. Indeed eating is so pleasant one should even try to suppress thought. Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too. How fortunate we are to be food-consuming animals. Every meal should be a treat and one ought to bless every day which brings with it a good digestion and the precious gift of hunger.”

“One of my biggest fears is that I'm going to die alone in my home, and my cats will eat me because I am too dead to open their food cans.”

“If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life, and the world pass me by”