There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that.

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company.

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.