The last moments slipped by, one by one, irretrievable.

It´s a good thing when a man is different from your image of him. Is shows he isn´t a type. If he were, it would be the end of him as a man. But if you can´t place him in a category, it means that at least a part of him is what a human being ought to be. He has risen above himself, he has a grain of immortality.

As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world.

And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.

I love you wildly, insanely, infinitely.

Only the solitary seek the truth, and they break with all those who don't love it sufficiently

A conscious attempt to fall asleep is sure to produce insomnia, to try to be conscious of one's own digestion is a sure way to upset the stomach. Consciousness is a poison when we apply it to ourselves. Consciousness is a light directed outward. it's like the headlights on a locomotive—turn them inward and you'd have a crash.