Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark

How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed its blood? How can we pray to God for mercy if we ourselves have no mercy? Nobel laureate in literature.

Whatever doesn't really happen is dreamed at night. It happens to one if it doesn't happen to another, tomorrow if not today, or a century hence if not next year.

You must believe in free will; there is no choice

Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises.