“A figure of speech is a shifty thing; it can be twisted or it can be straight.”

“Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.”

“I sigh therefore I am . . . In the beginning and unto the end was and is the lung: divine afflatus, baby’s first yowl, shaped air of speech, staccato gusts of laughter, exalted airs of song, happy lover’s groan, unhappy lover’s lament, miser’s whine, crone’s croak, illness’s stench, dying whisper, and beyond and beyond the airless, silent void.A sigh isn’t just a sigh. We inhale the world and breathe out meaning. While we can. While we can.”

“It is all for love. Which is a wonderful and dashing matter. But which can also be a very foolish thing.”

“Can one drown in one's element... If fish can drown in water, can human beings suffocate in air?”

“... free speech isn't absolute. We have the freedoms we fight for and we lose those we don't defend.”

“A sigh isn't just a sigh. We inhale the world and breathe out meaning. While we can. While we can.”