"(...) One can only live while one is intoxicated with life; as soon as one is sober it is impossible not to see that it is all a mere fraud and a stupid fraud! That is precisely what it is: there is nothing either amusing or witty about it, it is simply cruel and stupid."

“What normalization does is transform the morally extraordinary into the ordinary. It makes us able to tolerate what was once intolerable by making it seem as if this is the way things have always been.”

"To write the truth as I see it; to defend the weak against the strong; to fight for justice; and to seek, as best I can to bring healing perspectives to bear on their terrible hates and fears of mankind, in the hope of someday bringing about one world, in which men[and women] will enjoy the differences of the human garden instead of killing each other over them."

"Amor líquido é um amor “até segundo aviso”, o amor a partir do padrão dos bens de consumo: mantenha-os enquanto eles te trouxerem satisfação e os substitua por outros que prometem ainda mais satisfação. O amor com um espectro de eliminação imediata e, assim, também de ansiedade permanente, pairando acima dele. Na sua forma “líquida”, o amor tenta substituir a qualidade por quantidade — mas isso nunca pode ser feito, como seus praticantes mais cedo ou mais tarde acabam percebendo. É bom lembrar que o amor não é um “objeto encontrado”, mas um produto de um longo e muitas vezes difícil esforço e de boa vontade."

"The present age is one of understanding, of reflection, devoid of passion, an age which flies into enthusiasm for a moment only to decline back into indolence."

"Folks, I'm telling you,
birthing is hard
and dying is mean-
so get yourself
a little loving
in between."