Being a retired major looks like an ideal thing to me. What a pity you couldn't eternally have been just a retired major.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.

The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and ... people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.

The stark evening sun at the far edge of the town had just unzipped the sky and finally gone down.

Talent is a long patience, and originality an effort of will and intense observation.

We all have levels of performance.

To spend our days betting on three-legged horses with beautiful names

When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.

Cupcake, your middle name is trouble.

My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.

If a tax hike makes it to my desk, I'll veto it in less time than it takes Vanna White to turn the letters V-E-T-O!