It is a well-known fact that we always recognize our homeland at the moment we are about to lose it.
The truth, as the light, makes blind.
Violence is both unavoidable and unjustifiable.
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
Big tears of frustration and exhaustion were streaming down his cheeks. But because of all the wrinkles, they weren't dripping off. They spread out and ran together again, leaving a watery film over his ruined face.
He seemed so certain about everything, didn't he? And yet none of his certainties was worth one hair of a woman's head. He wasn't even sure he was alive, because he was living like a dead man.