Kafka thought his stories were hilarious. We don't necessarily have that reaction to them, but he certainly laughed his head off every time he read them out loud.

Wars happen because the ones who start them think they can win.

When you're unhinged, things make their way out of you that should be kept inside, and other things get in that ought to be shut out. The locks lose their powers. The guards go to sleep. The passwords fail.

Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress.

I meet a lot of readers who first encountered my work in school. And I can only assume there is another group who would run away very fast if they saw me coming, for exactly the same reason. Reading is individual, and not all tastes are alike.

People dressed in a certain kind of clothing are never wrong. Also they never fart.

The sands of time are quicksands ... so much can sink into them without a trace.