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

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?

One can show no greater respect than to weep for a stranger.

but it is also true, if this brings her any consolation, that if, before every action, we were to begin weighing up the consequences, thinking about them in earnest, first the immediate consequences, then the probably, then the possible, then the imaginable ones, we should never move beyond the point where our first thought brought us to a halt.

... that's how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage enough for both.

The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein.

The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens.