#Necessity

"One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an unpredictable albeit useful light."

"If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder."

"She said, "You're a warrior. So how do you kill without rage?""In compassion. Because of necessity."Hrahima set the empty water bowl back in Samarkar's hands. "The same way you carry water."

"En un mot, pour tirer la loi de l'expérience, if faut généraliser; c'est une nécessité qui s'impose à l'observateur le plus circonspect.In one word, to draw the rule from experience, one must generalize; this is a necessity that imposes itself on the most circumspect observer."

"Necessity may be the mother of invention, but who is the father? Don’t look at me! I wore a condom."

"It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception."

"What kind of life can you have in a house without books?"

"Herein lies the supreme wisdom, human and divine; and the task of philosophy consists in teaching men to submit joyously to Necessity which hears nothing and is indifferent to all."

"Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect."