The world is eaten up by boredom. . . . You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and never notice, you breathe it in, you eat and drink it."

The most dangerous of our calculations are those we call illusions.

Hope is a risk that must be run.

"Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward."

"It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so."