It was a miracle; it was all a miracle: and one ought to have known, from the sufferings of saints, that miracles are horror.

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Ideology demands it. Society exacts it.

I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn.

Disaster is private, in its way, as love is.

A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.

The Communist Party is very popular in South Africa, especially among the young people. Never having had a chance to travel, and having suffered so much under capitalism, they still can't believe that the Russian people themselves have rejected it.

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.