If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.

Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.

You are a beautiful person, Doctor. Clearheaded. Strong. But you seem always to be dragging your heart along the ground. From now on, little by little, you must prepare yourself to face death. If you devote all of your future energy to living, you will not be able to die well. You must begin to shift gears, a little at a time. Living and dying are, in a sense, of equal value."--Nimit in "Thailand

Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death

'Beloved Renegade' is a meditation on Walt Whitman, on tenderness, on dying.