Like tired dogs they stand there, because they use up all their strength in remaining upright in one's memory.

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we read it?

If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to see if you're okay. Who watches out or you and wants the best for you. Who loves and respects you. Don't let them go. People like that are hard to find.

The man in ecstasy and the man drowning: both raise their arms.

Why do we complain about the Fall? It is not on its account that we were expelled from Paradise, but on account of the Tree of Life, lest we might eat of it.

Adam's first domestic pet after the expulsion from Paradise was the serpent.