What is part of you, you cannot get rid of, even if you were to throw it away.
Writing is not chewing your nails and picking your teeth, but a matter of public interest.
I used to think great teachers inspire you. Now I think I had it wrong. Good teachers inspire you; great teachers show you how to inspire yourself every day of your life. They don't show you their magic. They show you how to make magic of your own.
But the main things about a man are his eyes and his feet. He should be able to see the world and go after it.
And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not up to this Friday.
You shouldn't be a big shot about your fate. I'm an enemy of Destiny, I'm not a Greek, I'm a Berliner.
Cultivate your Futurism. I'll cultivate my Döblinism.
News flash, lady. There are no queens anymore,” Shane said. He loaded shells in a shotgun and snapped it shut, then searched for a place to strap it on that didn’t interfere with the flamethrower. “No queens, no kings, no emperors. Not in America. Only CEOs. Same thing, but not so many crowns.
The fundamental imbalance that is behind all of the other social diseases is patriarchy.
What dangers you run, O noble souls! Often, you give your heart, but we take only your body. Your heart is left to you and you look at it in the shadows and shudder.
My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.