Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.

Let death find us as we are building up our matchstick protests against its waves.

One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.

For paranoia about 'what other people think' : remember that only some hate, a very few love - and almost all just don't care.

Literature deeply stands opposed to the dominant value system-the one that rewards money and power. Writers are on the other side-they make us sympathetic to ideas and feelings that are of deep importance but can’t afford airtime in a commercialized, status-consciou s, and cynical world.

True love is a lack of desire to check one's smartphone in another's presence.

Distress at losing an object can be as much a frustration at the intellectual mystery of the disappearance as about the loss itself.