All translations are made up" opined Vikram, "Languages are different for a reason. You can't move ideas between them without losing something

Dear child, some stories have no morals. Sometimes darkness and madness are simply that.

So the stories aren't just stories, is what you're saying. They're really secret knowledge disguised as stories.""One could say that of all stories, younger brother.

Metaphors: knowledge existing in several states and without contradiction

The few Americans he had encountered in his lifetime had all seemed flat to him, as if freedom weakened one's capacity for intense emotion by demanding too little of it.

I suppose every innovation started out as a fantasy.

Be careful with this one" said Dina, bending down to greet the cat. "All cats are half jinn, but I think she's three quarters.

...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

I believe we do have a great intelligence service. Is it good enough in all circumstances? Of course not. We live in the human condition. We try to make it better each day.

I dont enjoy traveling in America. I dont like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food.

The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

I'd had a belly-full of being subservient. I had to find something else to do, and I did. I went to the animation houses. I went to new fields.

My life is really precious. I don't want to spend it watching ambient TV that just drifts through you. I've got better things to do.

Grains are essentially sugar with enough opioids to make them addictive.

If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this.

The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other.