But what are pity, conscience, or fear To the brazen pair, compared With the living sorcery Of their hot embraces?

When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it.

Salvation lies not in the faithfulness to forms, but in the liberation from them.

Oh, what a love it was, utterly free, unique, like nothing else on earth! Their thoughts were like other people's songs.

And now listen carefully. You in others-this is your soul. This is what you are. This is what your consciousness has breathed and lived on and enjoyed throughout your life-your soul, your immortality, your life in others. And what now? You have always been in others and you will remain in others. And what does it matter to you if later on that is called your memory? This will be you-the you that enters the future and becomes a part of it.

How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?

The most extraordinary discoveries are made when the artist is overwhelmed by what he has to say.