All of us alive are survivors, but how many of us transcend survival? (p. 322) - Joan Baez

Seeing that nothing could come of our presence in Vietnam except disaster, I had a quiet revelation and decided to refuse to pay my military taxes.

If we survive this century it will only be because you and I refuse to become Nazis.

there really is no normal, and the things that I do change: study Aikido, take photos, take a dance course, get back cooking, illustrate a songbook, take on a human rights project-write a book. But there are some friends who have remained constant