Rituals are missing nowadays

What is in one is in the whole, and therefore, ultimately, each soul is responsible for the world.

...a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, may have had his charms, but he really couldn't be considered hip.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

A decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the virus infecting it, loses its self-respect.

Getting staked had been a hard lesson in choosing one's friends wisely.

I don't know whether what I do is art. But making things out in the world and having as many conversations as possible.

It's very rare that someone gets the death penalty for charges of conspiracy, for his influence, for his Svengali-Rasputin act.

What happens in the heart simply happens.

I've never gone for the smooth, suave Latin or French lover. That usually makes me think they're trying to pull one over on me.