Do not think to swim below. The ocean is already pushing into ears, sinuses, temples, the softness of eyes, and the harpsichord strings behind the kneecaps.

But then life is never neat, it is made up of doors and trapdoors. You move down baroque corridors, and even when you think you know which door to open, you still need to have the courage to choose.

If man had a sense of proportion, he would die of shame.

If literary fiction is reduced to only middle-class families dealing only with middle-class angst, then it’s really finished as a force for grappling with the world.

Hades is evolved to the highest state of simplicity.

She saw the deepness that was at the edge of France and it made the beach under her feel like a ledge on a cliff.

Individual words, sounds, squiggles on paper with no meanings other than those with which our imagination can clothe them.

What can any of us do with his talent but try to develop his vision so that through frequent failures we may learn better what we have missed in the past.

I don't know why I do what I do. I tend to go for the really weird, bizarre stuff. I actually have to tone it down for the show.

Kids listen to everything on the Internet.

The real hero of programming is the one who writes negative code.

The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his mind.

Your example, even more than your words, will be an eloquent lesson to the world.

Much to my surprise, the Islamic scriptures in the Quran were actually far less bloody and less violent than those in the Bible.

There are memories I a better off without. Things better lost forever.

Stefan G. Bucher is a man possessed.