If those sorts of moments would be the only pleasure life offered me, I'd be better off shutting out that one brilliant source of light to let my eyes begin to adjust to the darkness.

All at once I felt so vain, like a girl posturing for the crowds as she walks along, only to discover the street is empty.

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

If those sorts of moments would be the only pleasure life offered me, I'd be better off shutting out that one brilliant source of light to let my eyes begin to adjust to the darkness.

Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.

When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency.

The swan who goes on living in its parents' tree will die; this is why those who are beautiful and talented bear the burden of finding their own way in the world.