I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my tongue; one can't love and do nothing.

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman.

I don't care a damn about men who are loyal to the people who pay them, to organizations...I don't think even my country means all that much. There are many countries in our blood, aren't there, but only one person. Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?

Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor.

Who knows whether there may not be a moment in childhood when the world changes forever, like making a face when the clock strikes?

Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?

Never presume yours is a better morality.