“Everywhere you looked in India there was evidence of a past that had attained mythical heights. From philosophy to architecture,few civilisations have left such an awesome record.”

“In India, the past refuses to die, undisturbed by new realities.”

“People – Americans, mostly – realise how attached they are to material comforts when they arrive in India.”

“In California, the state's huge dairy herd produces twenty-seven million tons of manure a year, the particulates and vapors from which have helped to make air quality in the argiculturally intensive San Joaquin Valley worse than it is Los Angeles.”

“Когато убиваме животни, за да ги изядем, те накрая убиват нас, понеже тяхната плът никога не е била предназначена за човешките същества, които са растителноядни по природа.”

“The world you live in is a lot like that broken-down house. Every single room has been dirtied and damaged by sin. Not one part of it shines with anything like the pure glory that was so evident when it was first made. Sin has left this world in a sorry condition. You see it everywhere you look.”

“Bluntly and quietly, in a series of simple, forthright sentences, she dismantled the architecture of unhappiness that had been growing up around us for the past several days. She was calling from the office she said, and had to talk in a low voice, 'but if you can hear me, Sid' she began, 'there are four things I want you to know. First, I haven't stopped thinking about you since I left the house this morning. Second, I've decided to have the baby, and we're never going to use the word "abortion" again. Third, don't bother to make dinner. [...] Fourth, make sure Mr. Johnson's ready for action. I'm going to attack you the minute I walk in the door, my love, so be prepared.”