All truths are erroneous. This is the very essence of the dialectical process: today's truths become errors tomorrow; there is no final number.

We comes from God, I from the Devil.

The lilac branches are bowed under the weight of the flowers: blooming is hard, and the most important thing is - to bloom. (“A Story About The Most Important Thing”)

The nights were long, like the braids of a pretty girl, and the days were short, like a girl's sense. ("The North")

Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought.

True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics.

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth reading.

Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative.

Literature is painting, architecture, and music.

There is no final one; revolutions are infinite.

We need writers who fear nothing. ("Our Goal")

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.

Divinity retains the appearance of insight, when in reality it celebrates ignorance. Its tenets are so much clay, and when the clay sets, it becomes dogma.

There is no limit to what you can do, be determined!

Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.

Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks.

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

The teacher has more power than the Minister.

I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know.

Credit . . . is the only enduring testimonial to man's confidence in man.

I love everything. I love being the empathetic characters. I love being the villains. I think it's like when we're kids, we like to play all kinds of crazy characters and dress up.