Security. . . it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.
Only a complete alcoholic can think life is funny. . . any life!.
I was a hundred-percent sick, I felt as if I had no further use for my legs, they just hung over the edge of my bed like unimportant and rather ridiculous objects.
Most people die at the last minute; others twenty years beforehand, some even earlier. They are the wretched of the earth.
I hadn't found out yet that mankind consists of two very different races, the rich and the poor. It took me. . . and plenty of other people. . . twenty years and the war to learn to stick to my class and ask the price of things before touching them, let alone setting my heart on them.
To travel is very useful, it makes the imagination work, the rest is just delusion and pain. Our journey is entirely imaginary, which is its strength.
The mind is satisfied with phrased, but not the body, the body is more fastidious, it wants muscles. A body always tells the truth, that's why it's usually depressing and disgusting to look at.
Thank goodness air and salvation are still free. . . and so is laughter.
What if I don't want a leader? Where does that vote go? I do good on my own. I don't want to be led.
Everyone turns toward someone. Look for one scarred by the King's polo stick.
Don't fuss about trifles. Don't permit little things-the mere termites of life-to ruin your happiness.