In order to fall asleep we must first close our eyes and pretend to be sleeping. Can the same be true for happiness and success?

A river does not go looking for water

You can't achieve anything deeply satisfying without a drawn-out process leading up to it- and yet process demands a goal. You can't love one without at least appreciating the other.

The act of metaphor then was a thrust at truth and lie, depending where you were: inside, safe, or outside, lost.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

No one is ever a victim, although your conquerors would have you believe in your own victimhood. How else could they conquer you?

I was aborted and did not die.

The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was.

I will never look at you in the same way ever again. I'll never be that girl again. The girl who comes running back every time you push her away, the girl who loves you anyway.

A work should convey its entire meaning by itself, imposing it on the spectator even before he knows what the subject is.

Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it’s difficult to score.