We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?

To drink is a small matter. To be thirsty is everything.

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it.

Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than themselves; those we loved were merely happy shadows.

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not bleeding.

In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken men await the verdict of fate.

It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely.

I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.

This was a new skill she'd acquired, the ability to look, to the outside world, utterly serene and even cheerful, while, in her skull, all was chaos.

Writing Cave means it's Coffee O'Clock...Who am I kidding? It's always Coffee O'Clock!

It is what you are inside that matters. You yourself are your only real capital.

Every day sees humanity more victorious in the struggle with space and time.

Usually, the fairy tale ends with the girl marrying the prince. But mine started as soon as the marriage was over.

I tried to be all intellectual and erudite and with others I'd just swear and curse and be an idiot. And suddenly, when they're all in one space, I don't know who I am.

I was born in Bradford, a city in the north of England that God forgot about. A place where most people never leave, but if they do, they certainly never go back.

Persons are to be loved; things are to be used.

I probably will have to become more political down the road when my playing days are done, because I'm going to have to have the support of others to grow my foundation.

Everyone is free to write and say whatever he likes, without any restrictions.