Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.

I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you're everything that exists; the reality of everything.

One must love everything.

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers.

I am rooted, but I flow.

What a comfort is friendship in this world.

Writing is still like heaving bricks over a wall.