We know that happiness is short-lived, that we fail to cherish it when it is within our grasp and value it only when it has vanished forever.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is, and if the book has any kind of message, I suppose that's it.

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?

In the end, I am quite normal. I don't have odd habits. I don't dramatize. Above all, I do not romanticize the act of writing. I don't talk about the anguish I suffer in creating. I do not have a fear of the blank page, writer's block, all those things that we hear about writers.

The history of mankind is the history of our misunderstandings with god, for he doesn't understand us, and we don't understand him.

We say Fine, even though we may be dying, and this is commonly known as taking one's courage in both hands, a phenomenon that has only been observed in the human species.

With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of our blood and the salt of our tears.