Life to most Greeks may be either tragic or comic or a mixture of both; but one thing it never is - and that is, meaningless.

The sad discovery of the adult world was the permanent truth: you don't always do what you want to do; you do what you must.

Life to most Greeks may be either tragic or comic or a mixture of both; but one thing it never is - and that is, meaningless.

The mind is more vulnerable than the stomach, because it can be poisoned without feeling immediate pain.

Inquisitive people aren't really very attractive, are they?

And it's the educated barbarian who is the worst: he knows what to destroy.

Men who use terrorism as a means to power, rule by terror once they are in power.