From literature to ecology, from the escape velocity of galaxies to the greenhouse effect, from garbage disposal methods to traffic jams, everything is discussed in our world. But the democratic system, as if it were a given fact, untouchable by nature until the end of time, we don't discuss that.

Today's bread does not eliminate yesterday's hunger, much less that of tomorrow.

Age carries with it a double load of guilt.

We never consider that the things dogs know about us are things of which we have not the faintest notion.

Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer.

...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing.

Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.