"Nature declares herself in her works. What exists beyond her domain, if anything, becomes necessarily a matter of faith or imagination."

“Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him.”

“Shaun Wright-Phillips has got a big heart. It's as big as him, which isn't very big, but it's bigger.”

“I think the only time I doubted myself was my senior year in high school. I was not offered a Division I scholarship. I remember a scout from Ohio State coming in and looking at my film. He was all excited to meet me. Then he met me and I was 5'10" and he said that I was not a Division I quarterback.”

“Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost.”

Source : Witold Gombrowicz (2012). “Ferdydurke”, p.47, Yale University Press

“I hope that China will continue with space exploration. It would be logical to have international co-operation. I hope that it will come about and that I can be involved in it.”

“Breathe in, breath out. Oxygen is carcinogenic and likely puts a limit on our life span. It would be unwise though, to try to extend life by not breathing at all. Which of us doesn't do it? Either we loll in anaerobic stupor, too afraid to fill our lungs with risky beauty, or we roll out fire like dragons, destroying the world we love. I try not to burn up my world with rage. It is so hard.”

“Dialogue is easy. It's what you've been doing almost every day, most of your life.”

Source : Josip Novakovich (2008). “Fiction Writer's Workshop”, p.111, Writer's Digest Books

“The sins of the Midwest: flatness, emptiness, a necessary acceptance of the familiar. Where is the romance in being buried alive? In growing old?”