Նա գիտեր, որ տղան աչքեր ուներ և աչքերից ամն կողմ տեսողություն, իսկ տեսողությունից այն կողմ` սիրտ, զգացմունք, սեր` ոչ միայն մի բանի կամ մի տեսակ բանի … - William Saroyan

Every man alive in the world is a beggar of one sort or another, every last one of them, great and small. The priest begs God for grace, and the king begs something for something. Sometimes he begs the people for loyalty, sometimes he begs God to forgive him. No man in the world can have endured ten years without having begged God to forgive him.

Don't tell me I'm sentimental, you sons of bitches. You are contemptible, your dishonesty is contemptible, your careful plodding with words, to keep them safely captured inside your silly little theories are contemptible, but I don't hate you, because each of you is a sad little pompous son of a bitch, with a chair at a university, and you are fighting bravely to seem to be somebody.

I had three secrets and sold them all.