The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

Poetry is the alchemy which teaches us to convert ordinary materials into gold.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

The man who was once starved may revenge himself upon the world not by stealing just once, or by stealing only what he needs, but by taking from the world an endless toll in payment of something irreplaceable, which is the lost faith.

She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.

We three belong to the Middle Ages. We have this need of heroism, and there is no place for such feelings in modern life. That is our tragedy. Once I wanted to be a saint. It seemed the only absolute act left to do, for what is most powerful in me is the craving for purity, greatness.