Herzog

Он всерьез подумывал жениться на ней — при том, что в эту самую минуту покупал билет, сбегая от нее

Жизнь каждого гражданина становится бизнесом. По-моему, это едва ли не худшее толкование смысла жизни за всю историю.

избыток сил прибавил ей даже ума

Neuroses might be graded by the inability to tolerate ambiguous situations. . . . Allow me modestly to claim that I am much better now at ambiguities.

By yourself you can't determine which reality is real? Any philosopher can tell you it's based, like all rational judgment, on common proof. Only this particular way of doing it was perverse. But it was only human. You burn the house to roast the pig. It was the way humankind always roasted pigs.

I go after reality with language.

Still, what can thoughtful people and humanists do but struggle towards suitable words?

I've always wanted very much to lead a moral, useful, and active life. I never knew where to begin.

Что у пуританина ложь, то у культурного человека - вежливость.

«Печаль, сэр, — это вид безделья».