Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.

Powerlessness and silence go together.

It's a feature of our age that if you write a work of fiction, everyone assumes that the people and events in it are disguised biography — but if you write your biography, it's equally assumed you're lying your head off.

All I can hope for is a reconstruction: the way love feels is always only approximate.

There is no fool like an educated fool.

Marshall McLuhan is absolutely right, we are always looking in the rear view mirror.

Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. All too often, people don't consider that.