Culture is perishing in overproduction, in an avalanche of words, in the madness of quantity.

But man, because he has only one life to live, cannot conduct experiments to test whether to follow his passion (compassion) or not.

Draw a line; draw a line that pleases you. And remember that it is not the artist's role to copy the outlines of things but to create a world of his own lines on paper." (pp.28-29)

The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of course, Genesis was written by a man, not a horse.

Solitude: a sweet absence of looks.

Remembering now all those farewells (fake farewells, worked-up farewells), Irena thinks: a person who messes up her goodbyes shouldn’t expect much from her re-unions.

A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.