God, the devil, good, evil, it's all in our heads, not in Heaven or Hell, which we also invented. We do not realize that, having invented God, we immediately became His slaves.

Lord knows why they depict death with wings when death is everywhere.

I write to try to understand, and because I have nothing better to do.

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer.

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.

There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.