I feel the only thing you can do about life is to preserve it$$$ by art if you're an artist$$$ by children if you're not.

When the rich grow afraid$$$ they get nasty.

Manifest plainness$$$ embrace simplicity$$$ reduce selfishness$$$ have few desires.

When guns are outlawed only the outlaws will have guns.

Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day$$$ rarely of what they had seen.

Hope is not about proving anything. It's about choosing to believe this one thing$$$ that love is bigger than any grim$$$ bleak shit anyone can throw at us.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense$$$ and to have her nonsense respected.

You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil.

There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.

When I cannot sing my heart$$$ I can only speak my mind.