the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives.

the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives.

Were modern cities only beautiful after darkness hid everything but their lights?

To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock.

Everything you do in war is a crime in peace

Nobody believes in ghosts, but everybody is afraid of them.

Even a small, everyday lie is a clue to the personality and preoccupations of the liar, like a dream or any other confection of the mind, that is half-conscious and half-unconscious, as all creative acts must be.