Hermann Hesse

The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

To me, tattoos are a way of people being able to express themselves and have other people look at them and get a little insight into who they are, without ever even saying a word to them.