There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.

I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.

There is no one who would have me - I can't cook.

Every one of us lives this life just once, if we are honest, to live once is enough.

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference.

You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.

If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single.

I'm afraid of NOTHING except being bored!

I don’t like to talk to people, because I can’t express myself satisfactorily. I don’t say the things I mean.

It can be depressing when no one takes interest, and a lack of response makes the writer question why they’re writing at all. To have one’s writing rejected is like you, yourself, are being rejected.

...and spend my days surrounded by wise books, - bright windows in this life of ours, lit by the shining souls of men.

Prove to the world that you are alive, let your words breathe life into the nostrils of the universe.

Feeling free of full & empty, feeling here but also there, Neither or but simply both, a universe within, one single stare.

Both his voice and eyes had the burning cold of alcohol. His strength no longer lay in his military experience or his knowledge of the map, but in his harsh, impetuous soul.

You go out with a girl you used to date, she looks so damn good, and then at a certain point you say, Boy, now I remember. I know why I left!

It's not so much wanting to die, but controlling that moment, choosing your own way.

Every time something pops in my head, I think twice about it and I do it anyway.

Sometimes, God is going to have you sow a seed. Sometimes, God is going to have you water a seed that someone else sows. Sometimes, God is going to have you reap where others have sowed and watered.

Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice.