The desire to be significant casts a pall.

In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

Sometimes I discover I have changed my mind because I have forgotten what I used to think.

The time I kill is killing me.

When my expectations are exactly fulfilled, I feel that something uncanny has happened.

I was once in love with books. Now they go their way and I go mine.