“I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.”

“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.”

“i never knew anyone so relentless to his ancestors - you make up for your soapiness toward the living”

“For it is a serious thing to have been watched. We all radiate something curiously intimate when we believe ourselves to be alone.”

“For the barrier of language is sometimes a blessed barrier, which only lets pass what is good. Or-to put the thing less cynically-we may be better in new clean words, which have never been tainted by our pettiness or vice.”

“Music is my longtime friend. And I could never betray it. I listen to music while I’m writing.”

“My body betrays me. It ages, I don't”