If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask? |
In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. |
Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. |
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself |
It is the story-teller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval. |
Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism |
Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered. |
My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane. |
No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness. |
No Man's Land |
Of course, before we know he is a saint, there will have to be miracles. |
One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well, to kill emotion. I don't think I shall ever feel anything again except fear. None of us can hate anymore - or love. |
Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt |
People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery. |
Perhaps it is only in childhood that books have any deep influence on our lives. |