“Ann put the oven to heat. She washed the lamb under the tap, turning it around to clean the entire leg. Then it was dried with a paper towel, stretched out on the cutting board to be hammered flat,...”

“Youre telling stories again. You have the disease of telling stories, Roland.”

“I believe, Sebastian, that novels are more important than ever. They are more important than video recorders and record players and television because they enable us to exercise our minds. They all...”

“Only monsters could slay monsters.”

“It was only in a place like Paris where knowing the books someone loved, whether they followed Lvi-Strauss or Sartre, was the yardstick by which to measure them.”

“You’re telling stories again. You have the disease of telling stories, Roland.”

“Le vrai est trop simple, il faut y arriver toujours par le compliqu."[Letter to Armand Barbs, 12 May 1867]”

“People want things to be complicated, but they have to love themselves first and then each other and then it will seed everywhere”

“History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.”

“Why they always look so serious in Yoga? You make serious face like this, you scare away good energy. To meditate, only you must smile. Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come t...”

“The greatest weariness comes from work not done.”

“We live as ripples of energy in the vast ocean of energy.”