Tomas did not realize at the time that metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love.

When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?

The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man.

I want you to be weak. As weak as I am.

Between the approximation of the idea and the precision of reality there was a small gap of the unimaginable, and it was this hiatus that gave him no rest.

Physical love is unthinkable without violence.

Our dreams prove that to imagine - to dream about things that have not happened - is among mankind's deepest needs.

Metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with.

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love.

Nobody roots for Goliath.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience.

Well, I write a lot of poetry - that's where it usually all starts. I definitely want to show you guys sides of me - love, loss, heartbreak - all of that good stuff!

Man is the matter of the cosmos, contemplating itself.

Journalism is about covering important stories-with a pillow, until they stop moving.

I'm not a people person. I'm not sociable. I have been and I can be, but not as a general rule.

The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena.

I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel Secretary of State visit to Moscow)

I suffer a lot with nerves and stage fright.