I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

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.

We've all had our moments of weakness, and if we manage to get through today without any, we'll be sure to have some tomorrow.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth classes were done in a single year.

anyone who gets up early by inclination or has been forced to rise early out of necessity finds it intolerable that others should go on sleeping soundly

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is.