To know the world, one must construct it

You've got to understand life, understand it when you're young.

The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.