Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.

Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which are genuinely of minor interest. Thus it is possible to imagine a depressed lover, while the idea of a depressed patriot seems frankly inconceivable.

In order to pass the time I told him the story of the German who ate the other German whom he’d met on the internet.

Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.

The most stupid religion is Islam.

A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me, everything's irreversible in the life of a society, as well as an individual's.