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A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
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For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.
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One of my pet theories is that readers have built-in BS detectors that enable them to recognize insincerity in writers. David [Halberstam] was sincerity to the core. He believed in what he wrote, and that conviction conveyed itself to readers.
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But that's the hardest part of healing.' What?' Realizing there's no one to hate.
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Talent is long patience.
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Even potential human life needs to be treated with great respect.
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Nature is cold, wet, hard and unforgiving.
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I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park.
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The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While I was wearing these glasses, all he could admire was his own reflection.
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There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.
