When into the womb of time everything is again withdrawn chaos will be restored and chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.

Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it.

Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem-to be yourself!

The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition.

Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

Her fluency was marvelous. She would say things at random, intricate, flamelike, or slide off into a parenthetical limbo peppered with fireworks-- admirable linguistic feats which a practiced writer might struggle for hours to achieve.