Men who retain irony are not to be trusted. They can't always resist an impulse to tickle themselves.
I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world
The world is a penal institution.
It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses.
I often reread books I have written