There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.
To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort
There are no original ideas. There are only original people.
truth ... is the first casualty of tyranny.
In memory Venice is always magic.
Nothing is more democratic, less judgmental, than water. Water doesn't care whether flesh is withered or fresh; it caresses aged flesh and firm flesh with equal love.