“If you want to hurt somebody and you want to know where his vulnerable spot is you have to know him, before you can put in the right dig, that's very important.”

“And remember, "Doof me, Doof you, Doof us.”

“Sure, I can talk like you, but I choose not to, It's like an art, you know? Picasso had to prove to the world he could paint the right way, before he goes putting both eyes on the side of a face... See if you paint wrong because that's the best you can do, you just a chump. But you do it because you want to? Then you're an artist...You can take that to the grave and dig it up when you need it.”

“And in the livid night there creeps a basilisk, spawned by the moon after its strange fashion. The moon – eternally barren - is its father, but its mother is the sand, barren likewise: this is the mystery of the desert. Many say that it is an animal, but this is not so, it is a thought, growing there where there is no earth and no seed: a thought which sprang from that which is eternally barren, and now assumes strange forms which life does not know. This is the reason that no one can describe this being, because it is like nothingness, indescribable.”

“We're right here on this very spot. Besides, being lost is never a matter of not knowing where you are; it's a matter of not knowing where you aren't - and I don't care at all about where I'm not.”

“Actions speak louder than words. In the days to come the Goddess of Victory will bestow her laurels only on those who prepared to act with daring.”

“Alles Mögliche kann einem im Leben passieren, und vor allem nichts. Manchmal kommt es mir seltsam vor, dass ich jemals versucht habe, glücklich zu werden. Der Mensch hat eine Vorliebe für Tragik, eine Voreinstellung, die sich im Laufe der Evolution bewährt hat. Man scheut das Risiko stärker, als man das Glück sucht, denn Verluste tun mehr weh, als Gewinne Freude bereiten. Mit jedem Jahr, das verstreicht, wird die Lage aussichtsloser, und am Ende kann man gar nicht fassen, dass DAS alles gewesen sein soll.”