Real misery cuts off all paths to itself.
Daytime sleep is a cursed slumber from which one wakes in despair.
It is difficult in life to be good, and difficult in art to portray goodness. Perhaps we don't know much about goodness.
Language is a machine for making falsehoods.
I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge.
Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.