I am a vampire," I say softly. "And you have pissed me off.

Enjoy your life. No curse hangs over you, nor did it ever. No devil chases after your soul. Sing and dance and be merry.

The hourglass runs low.

A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.

You will see that the things you desire most are the very things that bring you the greatest sorrow.

Death never comes at the right time, despite what mortals believe. Death always comes like a thief.

What you wish for, what you most hope for - that is your greatest illusion.

When you were in love, you knew no fear or hatred. When you were fearful, there was no possibility of love or hate. And when there was hate, there was only hate.

Sleep is not on good terms with broken hearts. It will have nothing to do with them.

You search endlessly for permanent happiness in a world where nothing is permanent.

It doesn't matter. You are what you are. I am what I am. We are the same-when you take the time to remember me.

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

still, all we need is a heart of joy that earnestly seeks His will and His plan.

I just want to be with you. You're my home. My heart. I love you.

The history of the GDR journalism is a story of partisanship.

One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they invented when they got tired of all the others.

Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit.

How does the artist function as poet-slash-witness-slash-trickster?

To be creative you actually have to do something.

Honesty in principle was one thing. In someone’s face, it was another.