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“To stand in the shadow
of the scar up in the air.
To stand-for-no-one-and-nothing.
Unrecognized,
for you alone.
With all there is room for in that,
even without
language.”
―
of the scar up in the air.
To stand-for-no-one-and-nothing.
Unrecognized,
for you alone.
With all there is room for in that,
even without
language.”
―
“I have tried to write Paradise
Do not move
Let the wind speak
that is paradise.
Let the Gods forgive what I
have made
Let those I love try to forgive
what I have made.”
―
Do not move
Let the wind speak
that is paradise.
Let the Gods forgive what I
have made
Let those I love try to forgive
what I have made.”
―
“Now I no longer live in our clear, rational world; I live in the ancient nightmare world, the world of square roots of minus one.”
― We
― We
“Punch a man on the nose, kick an old man downstairs, shoot somebody or any old thing like that, that’s my job. But argue with women in love—no thank you!”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“Let the darkness that is in my heart become equal to the darkness of the night that surrounds those innumerable lights!”
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
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