Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.

My shadow serves as the friend I crave

You will hear thunder and remember me, and think: she wanted storms.

Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.

All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.

It is unbearably painful for the soul to love silently.

Sunset in the ethereal waves: I cannot tell if the day is ending, or the world, or if the secret of secrets is inside me again.

You will hear thunder and remember me, And think: she wanted storms. The rim Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson, And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.

Forgive me, that I manage badly, Manage badly but live gloriously, That I leave traces of myself in my songs, That I appeared to you in waking dreams.

Call me a sinner, Mock me maliciously: I was your insomnia, I was your grief.

Real tenderness can't be confused, It's quiet and can't be heard.

Any point of view reflects some side of truth and must not claim that it is complete

Style is a reflection of your attitude and your C.

The reason that I like SF and fantasy and horror is that to me it's the pulp wing of surrealism. That's the aesthetic of undermining and creative alienation that I really go for.

The arts are not a way to make a living.

In the beginning was the relationship.

There are some things we do simply because the doing is a success.

I like spaghetti because you don't have to take your eyes off the book to pick about among it, it's all the same.

The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification.

No one ever won a game by resigning.

I've found that people with flexible ears are the least rigid in life. Best way to find yourself a perfect partner may be as easy as squeezing their ears.