“Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the hum...” — Friedrich Durrenmatt Quote

“Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being.”

“Today's difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the United States everybody takes everybody else for a criminal.”

“People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.”

“Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems.”

“Dear motorist on the information superhighway. I'm sorry I do not have a car.”

“There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe.”