Evil is near. Sometimes late at night the air grows strongly clammy and cold around me. I feel it brushing me. All that the Devil asks is acquiescenc….

Russians understand the rhythm of despair..

All that the Devil asks is acquiescence..

When pain has been constant, it has its own momentum and laws. The vital thing is to break its ascendancy over the mind..

Pain heightens every sense. More powerfully than any drug, it intensifies colors, sounds, sight, feelings. Pain is like a glass wall. It is impossibl….

France, like every other Western country except the United States, has long accepted the principle that comprehensive health care is the right of eve….

To be a friend takes time, and time is what nobody has. Therefore, real friends are rare..

When one's own problems are unsolvable and all best efforts frustrated, it is lifesaving to listen to other people's problems..