Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

It is strange how the elderly fall silent when they ought to go on speaking, obliging the young to learn everything from scratch.

. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done by pessimism; optimists will never change the world for the better.

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

Death is the inventor of God.

As my cat would say, all hours are good for sleeping.

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things.