“In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor because it is the universal language, but because it is the persistent focus of our intelligence, aspiration and goodwill.”

“I find that socialism is often misunderstood by its least intelligent supporters and opponents to mean simply unrestrained indulgence of our natural propensity to heave bricks at respectable persons.”

“There are politics in sexual relationships because they occur in the context of a society that assigns power based on gender and other systems of inequality and privilege.”

“The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation, because occupation means pre-occupation; and the pre-occupied person is neither happy nor unhappy, but simply alive and active. That is why it is necessary to happiness that one should be tired.”

“We must eliminate nagging with its complaining and contentious spirit because it focuses attention on self rather than on the other person.”

“spring time is for lovers because...it's so fresh and new!”

“Embrace the things you love because once it gone, it's gone.”