I watched the spinning stars, grateful, sad and proud, as only a man who has outlived his destiny and realizes he might yet forge himself another, can be.

I am in love with the stars of night - I have made them audible...

We cannot forget that our flag received its first foreign salute from a Dutch officer, nor that the Province of Friesland gave to our independence its first formal recognition.

Well, there's nothing better than putting your feet up on a Sunday afternoon and grabbing a good book.

The basis of everything I do is the universe.

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

The form of a town changes more swiftly alas! Than the heart of a mortal.

It's inevitable that you will die, so the only question is when. The great thrillers are the moments that play and tease with the question, "When will it be?"

You too have weapons.

When I woke up in the morning and look in the mirror I realise that one of the reasons I don't own a handgun is, I would have shot my thighs off years ago.

If you don't have a vision, you can never be focused in a direction.