Indifference and pride look very much alike, and he probably thought I was proud.

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.

Cynicism is cheap - you can buy it at any Monoprix store - it's built into all poor-quality goods.

It is the storytellers task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.

Sometimes I see myself reflected too closely in other men for comfort, and then I have an enormous wish to believe in the saints, in heroic virtue.

Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought.

I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.