“Just for the record the weather today is slightly sarcastic, with a good chance of A. indifference and B. disinterest in what the critics say.”

“Just for the record, the weather today is bitter with occasional fits of jealous rage.”

“That is very good. People always want to be in a hurry. They want to control everything around them. Even the weather. They say, "What is the weather today?" The only thing they don't control is themselves, when that is the one thing they can control.”

“It will be recorded that the dead in the first decade of the calamity died of our indifference.”

“What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.”

“It's also important to read the newspaper every day to see how the pope is doing. Here in Rome, the pope's health is recorded daily in the newspaper, very much like weather, or the TV schedule. Today the pope is tired. Yesterday, the pope was less tired than he is today. Tomorrow, we expect that the pope will not be so tired as he was today.”