Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

It's better to say, 'I'm suffering,' than to say, 'This landscape is ugly.

Out on the lawn I lie in bed, Vega conspicuous overhead.

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required.

All I have is a voice to undo the folded lie, the romantic lie in the brain of the sensual man-in-the-street and the lie of Authority whose buildings grope the sky: There is no such thing as the State and no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice to the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die.