Those who are used to a cage will weep for a cage.

When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!

One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.

Ever since then I have known that if all the values in this world are more or less questionable, the most important thing in life is kindness.

Unfortunately justice is the train that's nearly always late.

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.

There is no need to fear the strong. All one needs is to know the method of overcoming them. There is a special jujitsu for every strong man.

Life is a rainbow which also includes black.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can only be a footnote.

Our greatest mistakes, if we look at them, and digest them, and interact with them, and learn from them… they can be the greatest moments of our lives.

Thought is barred in this City of Dreadful Joy and conversation is unknown.

Guilt's a terrible thing.

I've always loved writing.

Dirk was, for one of the few times in a life of exuberantly prolific loquacity, wordless.

I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular.

If David Brent is the best thing that I ever come up with, then so be it. What are you supposed to do, time the best thing you do for just before you die?

A heart filled with love is like a phoenix that no cage can imprison.

Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.

Science and religion will meet and shake hands.