To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his shadow, drag him into a murderous future. It is to circle around the other like a dead star and absorb him into a black light.

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.