I am recording them for myself, to take a hard look back before facing forward in these most bizarre of times. - Joan Baez

"Never close the door, you may need this person someday," is one of her favorite expressions. In 1983, at Newsweek's fiftieth anniversary celebration, I was seated across from Mary McCarthy at the head table. The big feature of the evening was a videotaped speech by Henry Kissinger. When he appeared on the big screen I stuffed my stockinged feet into their high heels and left the table, and stood in the lobby until it was finished. My moderation and diplomacy end where Henry's nose begins.

True he was a vocal miracle But that's only secondary It's the soul of the monarch butterfly That I find a little bit scary

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.