In the mind and nature of a man a secret is an ugly thing, like a hidden physical defect.

death - a passage outside the range of imagination, but within the range of experience.

To be a person is to have a story to tell.

Be not afraid of absurdity; do not shrink from the fantastic. Within a dilemma, choose the most unheard-of, the most dangerous solution. Be brave, be brave.

Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul.

What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?

I had seen a herd of Elephant travelling through dense native forest ... pacing along as if they had an appointment at the end of the world.