The power of science lies in its universality and selflessness, transcending the boundaries of nations and cultures.
Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
A writer must be stubborn, must have a vocation of sacrifice, and must accept that literature is a very cruel mistress.