It would be so good to settle down and become part of somewhere again, instead of constantly passing through
My father taught me to be independent and cocky and free thinking, but he could not stand it if I disagreed with him.
Another of the things I started to do during this time was what Buddhists normally call "meditation" or, in Christian terms, "contemplative prayer". It began to supersede deipnosophy as my favorite hobby.
Gardening gave me a way to work with silence; not "in silence" but "with silence" - it was a silent creativity.
We think we are unique, special and deserving of happiness, but we are terrified of being alone.
It is not simply that we share with each other a common humanity, but that individually we have no humanity without each other.
Ian Watson did an almost full novel length treatment which I've never seen and when he finished it Stanley said to him. I need somebody to smear this with vaginal jelly, and I have to say when I first heard this that I was rather shocked, because he was quite gentlemanly.
I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.
Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.
Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts.
I grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on.