The function of man is to live, not to exist.
I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
I am first of all a white man, and only then a socialist.
Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
His bondage had softened him. Irresponsibility had weakened him. He had forgotten how to shift for himself. The night yawned about him.
Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.