We were born to die; we were born to endure, on the way to death, sorrow-sorrow in manifold shapes.

To listen acutely is to be powerless, even if you sit on a throne.

Resentment is a communicable disease and should be quarantined.

In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.

It is useless either to hate or to love truth - but it should be noticed.

literature is an instrument of a culture, not a summary of it.

I measure my life in sentences pressed out, line by line, like the lustrous ooze on the underside of the snail, the snail's secret open seam, its wound, leaking attar.