The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.

The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.

A woman has so many parts to her body, life is very hard indeed.

Men who have not known the horror of death are not likely to be awed by it.

Like students going to school, the planes on their bombing missions fly over Beijing each morning. And each time I hear their engines attack the air I feel a certain slight tension, as if I were witnessing the invasion of Death, though this heightens my consciousness of the existence of Life.

Why should young people look for guides who hang out gided placards to advertise themselves? They would do better to look for friends, unite with them, and advance together towards some quarter where it seems possible to survive.

Creation, even when it is a mere outpouring from the heart, wishes to find a public. By definition, creation is sociable. Yet it can be satisfied with merely one single reader: an old friend, a lover.