nothing is more restful than conformity.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

The Jews are the scum of the earth, but they are also great masters in lying.

Art is a house that tries to be haunted.

I seek a form of language which will express my ideas for our time.

We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful.

Even Jesus had trouble with 12 guys.

Labor is no disgrace.

The face... always the face. The body can [have] muscles or [be] too skinny -- I don't care.

I find it difficult [to believe] that... Christians accuse [Black Muslims] of teaching racial supremacy or... hatred, because their own history and... teachings are filled with it.

Montreal's not a city. It's a Disney World for alcoholics.

I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is.