“...time begins when we awaken and ends when we fall asleep...”

“...poetry is paying attention to life when all the world seems asleep to its beauties and truths...”

“...we use intimacy to refer to the physical when it really pertains to the spiritual ..”

“...when we perfect 3-D copiers and they reproduce tissue, we'll have a million Marilyns walking around with no souls...”

“...When people lose their way and lack a real purpose for living they often fall back on certain forms of escapism as a form of self-soothing...”

“...freedom of conscience does not mean being uncontrolled - we have to control ourselves and at times submit to others...”

“...all this time I've been worshiping you - when other men wanted to kiss you, I've been offering the praise of my lips...”