... time is a master of ceremonies who always ends up putting us in our rightful place, we advance, stop, and retreat according to his orders, our mistake lies in imagining that we can catch him out.

There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.

... that's how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage enough for both.

...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead us straight to them.

... we are only ever pretending to ourselves, never to other people ...

Authoritarian, paralyzing, circular, occasionally elliptical stock phrases, also jocularly referred to as nuggets of wisdom, are a malignant plague, one of the very worst ever to ravage the earth.

... the best way of killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.

When you mix dirt with water, the dirt doesn't get clean. The water just gets dirty.

I think when you're younger, you need to socialize and be with people your own age.

I started writing for the theatre because I hated it.

The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.

I once started out to walk around the world but ended up in Brooklyn, that Bridge was too much for me.

Why resist change when it's the main source of your growth?

The air's warm with hopeful hints of spring in it. Spring would be a good time for an uprising, I think. Everyone feels less vulnerable once winter passes.

Achievers rarely, if ever, see a problem as permanent,while those who fail see even the smallest problems as permanent

It's class warfare, my class is winning, but they shouldn't be.

For someone attacked by criminals to be victimized a second time by a second-guessing legal system is wrong.