To rehearse imaginary conversations on paper is called literature. To do so out loud is called madness.

We drank our coffee the Russian way. That is to say we had vodka before it and vodka afterwards.

Desire is an appetite, quickly sated. Longing is a wound, an opening in the heart or the spirit. Whatever the cause, whatever the duration, it almost always leaves a scar.

One of the joys of being in love is that it clarifies your priorities. Complication arises from not knowing what you want.

I wanted her body and soul, but body first.

The future can always wait so long as the here-and-now is rapturous.

I was already at an age when putting off anything was a bad idea.

Problems are there to be solved. How dull life would be without them.

Everything’s different from us. That’s why everything exists.

No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished.

Thanks God that he created me dumb and crazy enough to believe that I can create and invent in other than what i studied in and what they want me to be.

In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.

Linux evolved in a completely different way. From nearly the beginning, it was rather casually hacked on by huge numbers of volunteers coordinating only through the Internet.

As you learn to love the company of the holy, your heart will become pure.

A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action.

Ah, if I were dictator I'd have poets throwing bombs!

A smart terminal is not a smartass terminal, but rather a terminal you can educate.

In the end, life teaches us what is important, and that is family.