“I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough.
What do you want - an adorable pancreas?”

“Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one”

“If there were to be a truly beautiful doll, it would have a body of flesh without the soul. A corpse that would stand tall, even at the brink of total destruction.”

“Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.”

“You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe and shudder.”

“Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six.”

“Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.”

“A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.”

“Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?”

“Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?”