Only the poor are handicapped by honor.
If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?
Without literature my life would be miserable.
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.
The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.