“Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse.”  

 "I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself."

Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers

 “But in fact Werther is not perverse, he is in love; he creates meaning, always and everywhere, out of nothing, and it is meaning that thrills him: he is in the crucible of meaning. Every contact, for the lover, raises the question of an answer: the skin is asked to reply.” 

  “In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.” 

"For God’s sake look after our people."