“I hope the amazed reader will be patient for a while—in order simply to read.”

“Indeed, theological discourse offers its strange jubilation only to the strict extent that it permits and, dangerously, demands of it wokman that he speak beyond his means, precisely because he does not speak of himself. Hence the danger of a speech that, in a sense, speaks against the one who lends himself to it. One must obtain forgiveness for every essay in theology. In all senses.”

“To free "God" from his quotation marks would require nothing less than to free him from metaphysics, hence from the Being of beings.”

“To be or not to be. That's not really a question.”

“A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end... but not necessarily in that order.”

“Suddenly, I don't know what to say. It happens often to me. I know what I want to say, I think about whether it is what I mean, but when the moment comes to speak, I can't say it. - Nana Kleinfrankenheim, Vivre Sa Vie.”

“I am a painter with letters. I want to restore everything, mix everything up and say everything.”