No one feels good at four in the morning. If ants feel good at four in the morning —three cheers for the ants.

Nothing's a gift, it's all on loan

When it comes, you’ll be dreaming that you don’t need to breathe; that breathless silence is the music of the dark and it’s part of the rhythm to vanish like a spark.

Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.

But they know about us, they know, the four corners, and the chairs nearby us. Discerning shadows also know, and even the table keeps quiet.

Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring - this is one of the harshest human miseries.

Even the worst book can give us something to think about.