The longing for destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life.

You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.

Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.

The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.

The content of a man is the life he possesses inside

Misfortunes occur only when a man is false.... Events circumstances etc. have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.

Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.

When I see beautiful clothes, I want to keep them, preserve them... Clothes, like architecture and art, reflect an era.

Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.

If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.

For, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians.

A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!

Writing's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.