The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills. Your steps and breath like the wind of dawn smother houses. The city shudders, Stones exhale— you are life, an awakening. Star lost in the light of dawn, trill of the breeze, warmth, breath— the night is done. You are light and morning.

There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.

Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi. (Death will come and it will have your eyes.)

Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever has what he should.

From someone who doesn't want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette