The desert surrounds your every step and you walk forever a thirsty man.

What you wish for, what you most hope for - that is your greatest illusion.

Enjoy your life. No curse hangs over you, nor did it ever. No devil chases after your soul. Sing and dance and be merry.

The physics are simple in theory, but in practice they are filled with the possibility for limitless error.

Most of all I grieve for my soul because even though I do, finally, believe there is a God, and that I have met him, I do not know if he has given me an immortal soul, but only one that was to last me as long as my body lasted. I do not know if when the last page of my book is closed, that will be the end of me.

As to blood—ah, blood, the whole subject fascinates me. I do like that as well, warm and dripping, when I am thirsty. And I am often thirsty.

Power, wealth and immortality--they don't bring happiness. You will never know what the word means.