What happens in a certain place can stain your feelings for that location, just as ink can stain a white sheet. You can wash it, and wash it, and still never forget what has transpired - a word which here means 'happened, and made everybody sad'.

Sometimes when someone tells a ridiculous lie, it is best to ignore it entirely.

the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.

Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact.

If you have ever had a miserable experience, then you have probably had it said to you that you would feel better in the morning. This, of course, is utter nonsense, because a miserable experience remains a miserable experience even on the loveliest of morning.

Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down.

It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.