"The resilience of democracy lies in its self-cleansing effect. Control and correction are the cleansing agents of democracy. Where they are lacking, democracy dies a silent death."

"I was in Dachau and Belsen. I saw chambers where hundreds of Jews were put to death every day... It is beyond mortal power to bring back to life six million who were burned, asphyxiated and buried ali…"

"Escher and the Droste effect"

"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river."

"The restless dust of Los Angeles fevered him. He was a greater wanderer than myself, and all day long he sought out perverse loves in the parks. But he was so ugly he never found his desire, and the w…"