We see things the way we are, not the way they are.

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

This great handsomeness I took into myself later when he desired me, but I took it as one breathes air, or swallows a snowflake, or yields to the sun.

Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.

The core of creation is to summon an image and the power to work with the image.