Geography blended with time equals destiny.

Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe ... that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens.

After having exhausted all the arguments on behalf of evil, one utters the creed's dictums with nostalgia rather than with fervor.

I got caught up in the proletariat the way Marx describes it.

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your utter insignificance.

The eye identifies itself not with the body it belongs to but with the object of its attention.

Poetry is not only the most concise way of conveying the human experience; it also offers the highest possible standards for any linguistic operation.