One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.

Nothing can match the treasure of common memories.

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for granted that to create a tree I condemn a seed to rot. If the first act of resistance comes too late it is doomed to defeat. But it is, nevertheless, the awakening of resistance. Life may grow from it as from a seed.

The house, the stars, the desert -- what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!

Living is being born slowly. It would be a little too easy if we could borrow ready-made souls.

That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.

All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.