The hard part is, of course, the proximity of death. The number has no meaning as long as you're fit and healthy. But you know that you only have so much time left and you don't know how much it is. It could be a very short time.
There are no uncontaminated angels
You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you.
Satire is moral outrage transformed into comic art.
A Jewish man with his parents alive is half the time a helpless infant!
Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.