Don’t see the mind for more than it is, but don’t misread it for all that it can be.
Maybe crazy is what they call anybody who's got magic in them after they're no longer a child.
They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled gray bodies, and soar away, light spirits at the end.
We all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. We are born able to sing to birds and read the clouds and see our destiny in grains of sand. But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls.
Once upon a time, man had a love affair with fire.
After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears is a question or statement, every wag of the tail is an exclamation.
No one ever grows up. They may look grown-up, but it's a disguise. It's just the clay of time. Men and women are still children deep in their hearts. They still would like to jump and play, but that heavy clay won't let them.
The great number of the Jews furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the Bible.
And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children.
On the meridian of time, there is no injustice: there is only the poetry of motion creating the illusion of truth and drama.
The weird thing about all the drag queen Patsys and Eddies from "Absolutely Fabulous" is they are so beautiful, and so tall, and so slim that it sort of puts us to shame.