If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask?

It is one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of exhilaration; there are always comparisons which can be made with worse times: even in danger and misery the pendulum swings.

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!

He was like a child with haemophilia: every contact drew blood.

In the taxi I let my hand lie on her leg like a promise, but I had no intention of keeping my promise.

As long as nothing happens anything is possible.

It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.