“It was when I realised I had a new nationality: I was in exile. I am an adulterous resident: when I am in one city, I am dreaming of the other. I am an exile; citizen of the country of longing.”
“I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.”
“It is true that I am of an older fashion; much that I love has been destroyed or sent into exile.”
“When I am asleep I dream what I dreamwhen I am awake.It's a continuous dream.”
“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.”
“This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me”