Man is diminished if he lives without knowledge of his past; without hope of a future he becomes a beast.

Creativity doesn't flourish in an atmosphere of despotism, coercion and fear.

Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.

It is surely unreasonable to credit that only one small star in the immensity of the universe is capable of developing and supporting intelligent life. But we shall not get to them and they will not come to us.

Early this morning, 1 January 2021, three minutes after midnight, the last human being to be born on earth was killed in a pub brawl in a suburb of Buenos Aires, aged twenty-five years, two months and twelve days.

Death ... obliterates family resemblance as it does personality: there is no affinity between the living and the dead.

read widely, not in order to copy someone else's style, but to learn to appreciate and recognize good writing and to see how the best writers have achieved their result. Poor writing is, unfortunately, infectious and should be avoided.