We do not remember days, we remember moments.

Great lovers will always be unhappy, because, for them, love is of supreme importance. Consequently they demand of their beloved the same intensity of thought as they have for her, otherwise they feel betrayed.

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

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference.

To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defense against that hardship. This is what is meant by accepting suffering. Those who, by their very nature, can suffer completely, utterly, have an advantage. That is how we can disarm the power of suffering, make it our own creation, our own choice; submit to it. A justification for suicide.

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.