Couples who come to understand one another often part.
Trust, but look for the exits.
When understanding would be too difficult, I become trusting.
I trust you because I need you.
Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.
Cynicism often draws correct conclusions, but nobody could live by its lights.
Authority is conferred by position, not character.
As I criss-cross the city hurrying, I feel always the unchanging cold beneath the pavement.
Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.
Once wealth and beauty are gone, there is always rural life.
Transcendence is something between a metaphor and a miracle.
The transcendental promises a vacation from history.
It is not confused. We are.
The bathroom scale knows nothing of extenuating circumstances.
Pity drowns in numbers.
The question you’re not supposed to ask is the important one.
Futility has become a great subject, full of opportunities.
Fear of my cruel impulses makes me kind.
Sulking is silent because speaking would reveal its folly.
I criticize myself ruthlessly, but never mention the faults of which I am truly ashamed.