There is no salvation anywhere. The idea of salvation implies the idea of an absolute.

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.

This desire [to write] is rather strange all the same and is not without a certain "cracked" quality.

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.

What I see is teeming cohesion, contained dispersal... For him, to sculpt is to take the fat off space.

My eyes feel all soft, all soft as flesh. I'm going to sleep.

I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart – and you’ll see how nice I can be.