A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

I can imagine no greater bliss than to lie about, reading novels all day.

The clearest mirror in the universe is not made of glass, but of a loving soul.

You have not realized yet that both of you are mine, have you?

To stop the bleeding i pushed back the blood that was bleeding out of the hole in my heart. It kept overflowing when i missed you and im dying, not literally, but my heart is.

Learning not to crumple before these uncertainties fuels my resolve to print myself upon the texture of each day fully rather than forever.

Lessons often come dressed up as detours and roadblocks

In the '70s, if anything, it was a more interesting time in fashion. It was a time when things were changing, especially in London.

In my case, I think people are surprised that I'm doing exactly what I said I was going to do when I ran, because that's not the typical politician.

Your richness is on your ability to share and not in how much you have.

Illusions as bad as mine make people aware of the fallacies of visual information and the pleasure to be derived from such fallacies.