To live simply to die is by no means amusing, but to live with the knowledge that you will die before your time, that's really is idiotic

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.

Formerly, when I would feel a desire to understand someone, or myself, I would take into consideration not actions, in which everything is relative, but wishes. Tell me what you want and I'll tell you who you are.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Watching a woman make Russian pancakes, you might think that she was calling on the spirits or extracting from the batter the philosopher's stone.

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.