“Holding the curve of one position, counting an endless repetition.”

“The heart can think of no devotionGreater than being shore to the ocean-Holding the curve of one position,Counting an endless repetition.”

“History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living”

“Human knowledge is not (or does not follow) a straight line, but a curve, which endlessly approximates a series of circles, a spiral. Any fragment, segment, section of this curve can be transformed (transformed one-sidedly) into an independent, complete, straight line, which then (if one does not see the wood for the trees) leads into the quagmire, into clerical obscurantism (where it is anchored by the class interests of the ruling classes).”

“I can count all the lovers I've had on one hand...if I'm holding a calculator.”

“...despair can hold the most intense sorts of pleasure when one is strongly conscious of the hopelessness of one's position...”