I imagine that fish have no word for water.

I have no use for people who have learned the limits of the possible.

If I knew that I could die, I would live. My life, my death, my choice.

They suffered from the terrible delusion that something could be done. They seemed prepared to make the world the way they wanted it or die in the attempt, and the trouble with dying in the attempt was that you died in the attempt.

I don’t see why it matters what is written. Not when it’s about people. It can always be crossed out.

It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country," he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.

I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.