Misery loves company, and madness calls it forth.

God is universal," spluttered the priest. The imam nodded strong approval. "There is only one God." "And with their one god Muslims are always causing troubles and provoking riots. The proof of how bad Islam is, is how uncivilized Muslims are,: pronounced the pandit. "Says the slave-driver of the cast system," huffed the imam. "Hindus enslave people and worship dressed-up dolls." "They are golden calf lovers. They kneel before the cows," the priest chimed in. "While Christians kneel before a white man! They are flunkies of a foreign god. They are nightmare of all nonwhite people.

It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

Music is a bird's answer to the noise and heaviness of words. It puts the mind in a state of exhilarated speechlessness.

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.

When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.

There are animals we haven't stopped by. Don't think they're harmless. Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.