"A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged."
"It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends"
"In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence,one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot."
"The purpose of poetry is to remind ushow difficult it is to remain just one person,for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will."
"LearningTo believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life."
"You see how I tryTo reach with wordsWhat matters mostAnd how I fail."