Politics is the activity by which the framework of human life is sustained; it is not life itself.

Capitalism is what people do if you leave them alone.

Moral vices prosper by dressing themselves as virtues.

Dynasties rise and fall according to what the Chinese used to call ‘the mandate of heaven’, but life for the peasant changes little.

I've always been just me, but I was the last to know that it was all right.

The kiss is neither returned nor exchanged, because it's free. (Le baiser n'est ni repris - Ni échangé, car gratuit.)

For it is a true fact that faeries, just like people, very often find that a full belly and a good friend are all that they need to be happy.

In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken.

The more it changes, the more it's the same thing.

I think perfect dates involve walking a lot, and not a bunch of driving around in cars. Ideally, you can walk together and go to a restaurant.

I happen to like household chores and resent them only when performing them makes it difficult for me to fulfill my professional duties.

The images are compositions of photos superimposed over painted backgrounds, then finished off with digital alterations.

It may not be possible to get rare roast beef but if you're willing to settle for well done, ask them to hold the sweetened library paste that passes for gravy.

Each person is the universe from a particular perspective.