Writing is a way of preserving memory.
The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.
True freedom is not about doing what you want, but about not doing what you don't want to do.
When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
The stranger is an element of the group itself, not unlike the poor and sundry 'inner enemies'—an element whose membership within the group involves both being outside it and confronting it.