Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do. He is half of my soul, as the poets say. Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. The past has no power over the present moment. Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk. ... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.