“All people live in a fantasy in which they are the main character.”

“The World is not beautiful, therefore it is.”

“The world isn't beautiful, therefore it is.”

“One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.”

“The main character of any living system is openness.”

“There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.”

“All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they are, and that which they think they are.”