It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.

My grandfather used to say: Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so foreshortened that I scarcely understand, for instance, how a young man can decide to ride over to the next village without being afraid that -not to mention accidents- even the span of a normal happy life may fall far short of the time needed for such a journey.

sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless man the most guilty.

Love has as few problems as a motor car. The only problems are the driver, the passengers, and the road.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

No matter how much you keep encouraging someone who is blindfolded to stare through the cloth, he still won’t see a thing.".

Each of us has his own way of emerging from the underworld, mine is by writing. That's why the only way I can keep going, if at all, is by writing, not through rest and sleep. I am far more likely to achieve peace of mind through writing than the capacity to write through peace.