Few things are more deceptive than memories.

Old age is the lubricant of belief. When death knocks at the door, skepticism flies out the window. A serious cardiovascular fright and a person will even believe in Little Red Riding Hood.

The truth is what hurts

We think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music

Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music.

A man must have vices, expensive ones if possible. Otherwise when he reaches old age he will have nothing to be redeemed from.

Maturity is simply the process of discovering that everything you believed in when you were young is false and that all the things you refused to believe in turn out to be true.