The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him -- I could hit on nothing that wasn't charming. It's wonderful how hard I find it not to be fascinating.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.

Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.

There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open.

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.

But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.