Individualism? Narcissism? Of course. It is my strongest tendency, the only intentional constancy [fidelity] I am capable of.... Besides, I am lying; I scatter myself too much for that.

If there is horror, it is for those who speak indifferently of the next war. If there is hate, it is for hateful qualities, not nations. If there is love, it is because this alone kept me alive.

Realities disguised as symbols are, for me, new realities that are immeasurably preferable. I make an effort to take them at their word. To grasp, to carry out the diktat of images to the letter.

If I vibrate with vibrations other than yours, must you conclude that my flesh is insensitive?

If you could be either God’s worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

What you envision for the future, out of fear or out of joy, will become reality as the sands of time carve those paths of thought into your mind and soul.

He has the feeling that merely by being alive he is blocking his own way. From this sense of hindrance, in turn, he deduces the proof that he is alive.

...what makes a writer a prophet is his ability to speak truth...

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my job and my greatest challenge.

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says the more tender things.

Think globally, act locally.

When we are exalted by ideas, we do not owe this to Plato, but to the idea, to which also Plato was debtor.