History always constitutes the relation between a present and its past. Consequently fear of the present leads to mystification of the past

The contradiction in perspective was that it structured all images of reality to address a single spectator who, unlike God, could only be in one place at a time.

The animal has secrets which, unlike the secrets of caves, mountains, seas are specifically addressed to man.

When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls.

You can plan events, but if they go according to your plan they are not events.

One of the fundamental reasons why so many doctors become cynical and disillusioned is precisely because, when the abstract idealism has worn thin, they are uncertain about the value of the actual lives of the patients they are treating. This is not because they are callous or personally inhuman: it is because they live in and accept a society which is incapable of knowing what a human life is worth.

Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress.