She wanted to be herself again, to recover all that she had been obliged to give up in half a century of servitude that had doubtless made her happy but which, once her husband was dead, did not leave her even the vestiges of her identity.

I discovered the miracle that all things that sound are music, including the dishes and silverware in the dishwasher, as long as they fulfill the illusion of showing us where life is heading.

It is life, more than death, that has no limits.

You can't eat hope,' the woman said. You can't eat it, but it sustains you,' the colonel replied.

One minute of reconciliation is worth more than a whole life of friendship!

I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.

When you have a healthy appetite there is no such thing as bad bread.