Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached.

A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.

So then you’re free?’ ‘Yes, I’m free,’ said Karl, and nothing seemed more worthless than his freedom.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

One day, a leopard stalked into the synagogue, roaring and lashing its tail. Three weeks later, it had become part of the liturgy.