When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. Only when one is connected to one's own core is.

One must lose one's life to find it.

I find the weight of air/Almost too great to bear.

When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too.

Love is a force.... It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces.

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head. Baby-carriage, parasol, kitchen chair, still under control. Steady now! This is not the life of simplicity but the life of multiplicity that the wise men warn us of.