A man is an island in the only sense that matters, not an easy way to be. We live in mystery, a cosmos of separate lonely bodies, men, insects, stars. It is all loneliness and men know it best.

In my dreams I ate and I ate my dreams.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

For misery don't blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.

I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.

You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention.

We have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.