History portrays everything as if it could not have come otherwise. History is on the side of what happened.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.

Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair.

Speak as though it were the last sentence allowed you.

I would like to become tolerant without overlooking anything, persecute no one even when all people persecute me; become better without noticing it; become sadder, but enjoy living; become more serene, be happy in others; belong to no one, grow in everyone; love the best, comfort the worst; not even hate myself anymore.

I want to keep smashing myself until I am whole.