[Death is] the best asylum for pains and sorrows and troubles and the injustices of life.

I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce myself to it.

In life there are certain sores which, like a kind of canker, slowly erode the soul in solitude.

My one fear is that tomorrow I may die without having come to know myself.

I thought to myself: if it’s true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps I never had a star.

I have finally learned that I must remain silent as much as possible. I must always keep my thoughts to myself.

If there was no death, everyone would wish for it.

Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I am of well-constructed plots and brilliant writing!

Only death does not lie.

The presence of death annihilates all superstitions. We are the children of death, and it is death that rescues us from the deceptions of life. In the midst of life he calls us and summons us to him.

There are sores which slowly erode the mind in solitude like a kind of canker.

We note our place with bookmarkersThat measure what we've lost.

Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is simply nothing else.

As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.

There is a lot to life, and a lot more than just television to life.

It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.

I have an ultimate faith in America and an audacious faith in mankind.

I'm into people's emotional lives and relationships and the complications of living. That's my turf.

There is no greater disaster in the spiritual life than to be immersed in unreality, for life is maintained and nourished in us by our vital relation with realities outside and above us.

I still love coming home, but home is where the heart is. I take those whom I love most with me. That's my number one. My number two is being ready.

12 of the best years of my life - It will never be forgotten.