Joking is a barrier between man and the world. Joking is the enemy of love and poetry. - Milan Kundera

The history of music is mortal, but the idiocy of the guitar is eternal.

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which is deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.

The more vast the amount of time we've left behind us, the more irresistible is the voice calling us to return to it.