Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall.

I was constantly watching myself, my secret self, as dependent on my actions as my own personality

I sit down religiously every morning, I sit down for eight hours every day - and the sitting down is all.

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy

the mind of man is capable of anything--because everything is in it, all the past as well as the future

Going home must be like going to render an account.