The existence of pleasure is the first mystery. The existence of pain has prompted far more philosophical speculation. Pleasure and pain need to be considered together; they are inseparable. Yet the space filled by each is perhaps different. Pleasure, defined as a sense of gratification, is essential for nature

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

The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open.

Never again shall a single story be told as though it were the only one.

We who draw do so not only to make something observed visible to others, but also to accompany something invisible to its incalculable destination

All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different.

Hope is a contraband passed from hand to hand and story to story.