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I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am read more
I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.
You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.
You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.
The peace makers shall be called the children of God.
The peace makers shall be called the children of God.
I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose read more
I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is read more
In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages.
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.
If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.