A man who has nothing in particular to recommend him discusses all sorts of subjects at random as if he knew everything.

There is nothing in the whole world so painful as feeling that one is not liked.

One is telling a story about old times when someone breaks in with a little detail that he happens to know, implying that one's own version is inaccurate — disgusting behavior!

A good lover will behave just as elegantly at dawn as at any other time.

If someone with whom one is having an affair keeps on mentioning some woman whom he knew in the past, however long ago it is since they separated, one is always irritated.

To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure.

The earth therefore is not Gods jurisdiction. It is man’ jurisdiction.

How can you make an informed decision about whether to save the world if you never leave your tiny part of it?

What we remember from childhood we remember forever - permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen.

You get committed with what you put in songs. It made me wary of who and what I include, because that's there forever.

One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.

People don't eat in the long run - they eat every day.

I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell into a state of low-sizzling panic.

I don't like guys my age because they are normally either married or divorced and grumpy, fat and balding.

I love films that don't end when they end, that go on in your head a couple of days later.

Poetry helps me understand who I am. It helps me understand the world around me. But above all, what poetry has taught me is the fact that I need to embrace mystery in order to be completely human.