Indeed, the only truly serious questions are ones that even a child can formulate. Only the most naive of questions are truly serious.

In the world of highways, a beautiful landscape means: an island of beauty connected by a long line with other islands of beauty.

Since the insignificance of all things is our lot, we should not bear it as an affliction but learn to enjoy it.

How did the senator know that children meant happiness? Could he see into their souls? What if the moment they were out of sight, three of them jumped the fourth and began beating him up?

Indeed, the only truly serious questions are ones that even a child can formulate. Only the most naive of questions are truly serious.

At a time when history made its way slowly, the few events were easily remembered and woven into a backdrop, known to everyone, before which private life unfolded the gripping show of its adventures. Nowadays, time moves forward at a rapid pace. Forgotten overnight, a historic event glistens the next day like the morning dew and thus is no longer the backdrop to a narrator's tale but rather an amazing adventure enacted against the background of the over-familiar banality of private life.

Love is a desire for that lost half of ourselves.