Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.

He explained to me with great insistence that every question posessed a power that did not lie in the answer.

We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.

This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused.

The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes.

We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)

Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him, he liked to say.

All this under a magnificent blue sky.

The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria...

Violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers.

If you work your hardest, and you do your best, then the rest is not in your control, but in God's Hands.

In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.

I'm not much involved in sports, and I don't play, either.

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future.

In my own work I am invested in art as a way to break through impasses, whether those impasses are personal, social, or political.

On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder.

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

They say the movies should be more like life; I think life should be more like the movies.

If any one say that he has seen a just man in want of bread, I answer that it was in some place where there was no other just man.

When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.