If there is any good in life, in history, in my own past, I invoke it now. I invoke it with all the passion with which I have lived.

As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.

Festina Lente (Hurry in slowly)

I was filled with angst in college, that I struggled with the question of my future, the meaning of my life - spoiled sheltered rich girl collides with great books and is devastated by her own banality.

No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the reader. I don't see the point in doing that.

There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.

If there is any good in life, in history, in my own past, I invoke it now. I invoke it with all the passion with which I have lived.