There's no way out if there's a fire.

We have mice and cockroaches. There are leaks everywhere. Everything is rotting.

It doesn't matter where you're from - or how you feel... There's always peace in a strong cup of coffee.

Books saved you. Having become your refuge, they sustained you. The power of books, this marvelous invention of astute human intelligence. Various signs associated with sound: different sounds that form the word. Juxtaposition of words from which springs the idea, Thought, History, Science, Life. Sole instrument of interrelationships and of culture, unparalleled means of giving and receiving. Books knit generations together in the same continuing effort that leads to progress. They enabled you to better yourself. What society refused you, they granted.

This regime will never agree to form a government of national unity to govern a transition. All we can do is bring our supporters together and go into the streets.

Only when you accept that one day you'll die can you let go, and make the best out of life. And that's the big secret. That's the miracle.