“Force the bit between the mouth of freedom didn't we learn to flyRemember to sail the skiesDistant sunsWill we reachWinds allowOther skylinesOther skylines to hold you ”

“The secret of poetry is cruelty.”

“If there is a worm in the heart, & chamber it has bitten out,I will protect that emptiness until it is large enough.In it will be a light the color of steel & landscape, into which the traveler might set out.”

“you will die with your fist clenched and jaws tense, in perfect demonstration of hate and combat, beacuse you are not a symbol, you are an authentic member of a society which is crumbling: the spirit of the beehive speaks through your mouth and moves in your actions; you are as useful as I am, but you don't know how useful your contribution is to the society that sacrifices you”

“Charles Darwin, who had witnessed theatrocities perpetrated against Argentina’s nativeIndians by Juan Manuel de Rosas, had predictedthat “the country will be in the hands of whiteGaucho savages instead of copper-coloured Indians.The former being a little superior in education,as they are inferior in every moral virtue.”

“If we learn to read the birds-and their behaviors and vocalizations-through them, we can read the world at large... if we replace collision with connection, learn to read these details, feel at home, relax, and are respectful--ultimately the birds will yield to us the first rite of passage: a close encounter with an animal otherwise wary of our presence.”

“Practically every prime-time program is populated by people who are just the right sort of mad, and I now knew what the formula was. The right sort of mad are people who are a bit madder than we fear we're becoming, and in a recognizable way. We might be anxious but we aren't as anxious as they are. We might be paranoid but we aren't as paranoid as they are. We are entertained by them, and comforted that we're not as mad as they are.”