“The Americans have perfected weather forecasts: a model presents a model of the Earth, a map, and jabs at it with her pointer here and here, this is going to happen. Voodoo.”

“Its not easy to be God.”

“Its not easy to be God.”

“Unlike exotic fruit or fancy cars, democracy is best if it is grown locally. It may take root in the common desire of the people who choose to adopt it, but it cannot be imposed from the outside.”

“Take Tom Jones and mix him with Enrico Caruso, the Italian tenor-cum-castrato singer. Then add tons of pathetic love songs, faked sex appeal and musical kleptomania focusing on Western hits from th...”

“You will suffer, son of Hades! What else is new? Nico thought.”

“How was your afternoon?"No one died, so it was a big improvement on my morning.”

“The light and the stars guide my way.”

“When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.”

“At a time I used to think that in a world without guards people would walk differently from the way we do in our country. Where people are allowed to think and write differently, I thought, they wi...”

“Fascism thrives in obscurity and darkness.”