To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.

A rocket is a reed that thinks brilliantly.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.

When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

You need to have a God, a lover, and an enemy, says the poet. Exactly: you need to have three enemies.