"I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words."

"“All this, all of this love we're talking about, it would just be a memory. Maybe not even a memory. Am I w…"

"You must love the crust of the earth on which you dwell more than the sweet crust of any bread or cake; you…"

"If you can spend a little time with these creatures, you can connect them again to animals that you love, w…"

"If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us"

"The slave is a man, "the image of God," but "a little lower than the angels;" possessing a soul, eternal an…"

"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection."