But didn't you say you were satisfied with your life?" "Word games," I dismissed. "Every army needs a flag.

Life is so uncertain: you never know what could happen. One way to deal with that is to keep your pajamas washed.

Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt.

It was a small room with dim light coming in the window, reminiscent of old Polish films.

The worst thoughts usually strike in the dead of the night.

I'm scared," she said. "These days I feel like a snail without a shell." "I'm scared too," I said. "I feel like a frog without any webs." She looked up and smiled. Wordlessly we walked over to a shaded part of the building and held each other and kissed, a shell-less snail and a webless frog.

If you miss the bus, miss the train, you’d be left behind. So everyone says, let’s get on the train, let’s get on the bus and go faster and get rich... I just didn’t like that kind of lifestyle. I love to read books, to listen to music.