Now I no longer live in our clear, rational world; I live in the ancient nightmare world, the world of square roots of minus one.

We comes from God, I from the Devil.

The lilac branches are bowed under the weight of the flowers: blooming is hard, and the most important thing is - to bloom. (“A Story About The Most Important Thing”)

The nights were long, like the braids of a pretty girl, and the days were short, like a girl's sense. ("The North")

Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought.

True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics.

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth reading.

Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative.

Literature is painting, architecture, and music.

There is no final one; revolutions are infinite.

We need writers who fear nothing. ("Our Goal")

Do not forget about the butterflies.

The only way to find peace is to face the unknown and trust that God has heard your tears.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

I'm married, which means that instead of occasionally wondering about men from afar, I actually live with one and can be constantly astounded by the strange male brain.

There were times, I'm sure you knew, when I bit off more than I could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out.

The moment we set off in search of love, it sets off in search of us. And saves us.

Those who spread their sails in the right way to the winds of the earth will always find themselves born by a current towards the open seas.

To call "A Lot like Love" dead in the water is an insult to water.

I like rock music. I also like classical, if you ask me. I'm very adaptable, they say that. But I have certain preference too, be honest.

[Donald ] Trump is more important than all of us. He's more important than the media.