In life it is more necessary to lose than to gain. A seed will only germinate if it dies.

Most people experience love, without noticing that there is anything remarkable about it.

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.

As before the collapse, the setting sun brushed the tiles, brought out the warm brown glow on the wallpaper, and hung the shadow of the birch on the wall as if it were a woman's scarf.

I hate everything you say, but not enough to kill you for it.

I have the impression that if he didn't complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom.

We're all time's captives, hostages to eternity.