God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.

In the dog-eat-dog economy, the Doberman is boss.

One single act of defiance against power, against the State that seems omnipotent but is not, transforms and transfigures the human personality. At least for a time. For a while. Perhaps that is enough.

Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

The best argument for Christianity is the Gregorian chant. Listening to that music, one can believe anything -- while the music lasts.

In the modern world, all literary art is necessarily political -- especially that which pretends not to be.

Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once.