Such is the life of a man. Moments of joy, obliterated by unforgettable sadness. There's no need to tell the children that.
The most difficult secret for a man to keep is the opinion he has of himself.
One has to watch out for engineers. They begin with the sewing machine and end up with the atomic bomb.
I was terrified that the wild boar might be attacking my father, and so I prayed to God - if he existed - to protect him and to direct the boar against my uncle instead, who believed in heaven, and therefore was more willing to die.
