... unless you made your life a turning point, there was no reason for existing.

Art is order, made out of the chaos of life.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Nobody asks you to love the whole world, only to be honest, ehrlich. Don't have a loud mouth. The more you love people the more they'll mix you up. A child loves, a person respects. Respect is better than love.

But she's a nut, and nuts win.

The hour that burst the spirit's sleep.

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.