“There are reasons for everything we do.”

“..chaos is the neighbour of God: but everything's usually neat and tidy in hell...”

“The ritual works. The forms overcome doubts. We have learned over the centuries to weave meaning around emptiness and pain. A meaning and a pattern. We have been practising that for a very long time.”

“Everybody must have a story. For those who don't, we need to invent one.”

“Words and form! We have a totally clear view of the world when we're fourteen years old, maybe sooner. But then we need another fifty years in order to create a language that can express those impressions. And in the mean time, of course, they've faded away.”

“We are closer to the end of the world than to that minute that has just passed by, because that is lost forever.”

“Imagine a twelve-year-old-girl.Imagine her being attacked, raped and murdered.Take your time.Then imagine God.M. Barin, poet”