... you "met" this Moneta ... or whatever her real name is ... in her past but your future ... in a meeting that's still to come

In such seconds of decision entire futures are made.

There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain.

Prison always has been a good place for writers, killing, as it does, the twin demons of mobility and diversion

You have to live to really know things, my love

It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters.

The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation.

They lay together in a sheltered place among the ruins of Brasilia while deathbeams from Chinese EMVs played like blue searchlights on broken ceramic walls.

The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals.

... a comment with the idle arrogance common of such nobodies who have just come into a small bit of power.

His presence fogged my mind, warmed my blood, kept the darkness at bay – maybe because he was the darkness itself.

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

One's work may be finished someday, but one's education never.

Even when you disagree with her, she electrifies your mind.

To wish for the crazy times one last time and freeze it in the memory of a camera is the least a great artist can do.

The power of every dictator has two main sources: His psychopathic mind and the support of the very easily deceivable ignorant masses!

He hath awakened from the dream of life.

We have a lot of rule changes. I am part of the competition committee. We spent a lot time evaluating the game, how do we make the game better for our fans.

Dying is one of those things that can’t be fixed. Not by talking about it, not with all the brain surge in the world.

Get used to a rough life, for luxury does not last forever.