Nothing to be proud of, nothing to regret.

Violence and resistance are the only answer. Empire has to feel pain or it will never stop devouring you. It is only when a gun is put in a person's face that anything changes

I beg your pardon, sir, said the Frenchman. I am not a coloniser.Well, let’s talk Algeria then. Let’s talk about your culture and your celebrated writers.

Never underestimate a clown with a book.

In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one should follow the tracks of the camels.

There are two ways to taste things in life: the sweet way and the bitter way.

I don't judge those who can't dream, those who need to pierce their arms to create different worlds under their skin, because I am fortunate in the tools of my escapes

The moon should be colonised, I thought. Mankind should seek a happier beginning, and humans should be free to stroll hand in hand regardless of their weight and orientation.

So long, I replied, may we all have one good flight before we rest among flowers and the orbits of hungry worms.

This lesser world is all about reproduction, as you might well know. Those who cease to duplicate simply die.

Communists and Muslims are not the enemies to fear in this land, Fly. It is the food consumption that will eventually blow up in everyone’s faces.

A wise person is wise because he trusts his own being.

Every girl would like to marry a rich husband. I did twice. But what divides girls into two groups is this question - do you first think of money and then love, or vice versa?

You're asking the cyborg fugitive and the wild animal to be the welcoming committee? That's adorable.

Most Christians would not recognize Mormonism as part of the Christian faith.

I've spent a life loving women and studying them as much as I can, or am allowed to.

Just as with the quartet, each part of a painting is telling a different story.

I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.

Young people are in despair. They want a job, a real job, and we as society are guilty of not offering it.

Dinner is to a day what dessert is to dinner.

All your tomorrows start here.