Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.

Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies.

Everybody has to die, Firdaus. I will die, and you will die. The important thing is how to live until you die.

What makes revolutionary thought unique is its clarity and dignity, and its clear grasp of freedom and justice: simple, clear words that are understood without the need for any help from elite writers or thinkers.

I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry.

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

You poor, deluded woman...do you believe there is any such thing as love?...You're living an illusion. Do you believe the words of love they whisper in the ears of penniless women like us?