It's always the same thing, one war after another — - Karel Čapek

Poslední slovo komunismu je vládnout, a nikoli zachraňovat; jeho velikým heslem je moc, a nikoli pomoc. Chudoba, hlad, nezaměstnanost nejsou mu nesnesitelnou bolestí a hanbou, nýbrž vítanou rezervou temných sil, kvasící hromadou zuřivosti a odporu.

Why are there stars when there are no people? O God, why don't you just extinguish them? — Cool my brow, ancient night! Divine and fair as you always were — O night, what purpose do you serve? There are no lovers, no dreams. O nursemaid, dead as a sleep without dreams, you no longer hallow anyone's prayers. O mother of us all, you don't bless a single heart smitten with love. There is no love.

When precision reigns, human law reigns, God's law reigns, the law of the universe reigns — -everything reigns that should. The timetable is greater than the Gospels, greater than Homer, greater than all of Kant. The timetable is the most perfect manifestation of the human intellect. Mrs. Helena, I'll pour myself another.