Nobody is one block of harmony. We are all afraid of something, or feel limited in something. We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked to each other, not just pitter patter but real talk. We shouldn't be afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable too. It's so much easier to be together when we drop our masks.

If a person is found dead here, a postmorten will always reveal whether he has spent less than three weeks in the city. That is the length of time it takes this pollution to invade the body, after which it is there forever.

One of the things I like about my profession, and that I find healthy, is that one constantly has to break oneself to pieces.

Oh, those wonder-filled evenings when acting enables me for a short moment to have more life.

it is only in statistics that people die by the millions. Each person dies individually, in his own predicament.

The fear inside of loneliness: That only what others have is real.

The Summer Book is beautiful and warm, with the kind of wisdom we can adapt to our everyday lives.