I am not here [in the sanitarium] to write, but to be mad.

Every sensitive person carries in himself old cities enclosed by ancient walls

I don't want a future, I want a present. To me this appears of greater value. You have a future only when you have no present, and when you have a present, you forget to even think about the future.

When we realize that words can destroy something good, wonderful, and dear, and that by keeping silent we can avoid causing the least damage or harm, it’s easy to stay silent.

At least we should learn to understand our fellow beings, for we are powerless to stop their misery, their ignominy, their suffering, their weakness, and their death.

Today I told myself that in actual fact anyone who takes an innocuous and random delight in his life is an absolute lummox.

That lovely things exist is a lovely thought.

How uninteresting interesting things can become.

Listening to music, I always have exactly the same feeling: something’s missing. Never will I learn the cause of this gentle sadness, never will I wish to investigate it.

With all my ideas and follies I could one day found a corporate company for the propagation of beautiful but unreliable imaginings.

That is all very senseless, but this senselessness has a pretty mouth, and it smiles.

When we're healthy we respond to the presence of the hateful with fear and nausea.

There is no better time than now to rededicate yourself to the principles taught by Jesus, and to teach your children about Him too!

They throw rice at a new marriage, then give him beans in a divorcement.

Love met with respect and grand style Love - A flirtation with true lovers of love had taken his salvific beginning.

I want to be up front racing.

Stepping outside the comfort zone is the price I pay to find out how good I can be. If I planned on backing off every time running got difficult I would hang up my shoes and take up knitting.

When you take the R sound out of French accent, and you just replace it with an R, it sounds Mexican.

All great writers begin with a good leather binding and a respectable title.

Your optimism today will determine your level of success tomorrow.

My good friend once said, "You guys think you're the stars in your own movie."