A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think?

To prevent wars, people must criticize, in their own country, the abuses that occur in their own country. The role taboos play in the preparation for war. The number of shameful secrets keeps growing incessantly, boundlessly. How meaningless all censorship taboos become, and how meaningless the consequences for overstepping them, when your life is in danger.

You love tenderly and warmly, but your love is like friendship. That's why you have good friends, you're sociable, sympathetic toward people. Until this dissatisfaction comes over you-you know what I'm talking about. Then you become moody, can even repulse people who are close to you, even people who love you, you know why. Those are bad times when everything goes cold, and they follow the times of great love.

Between killing and dying there's a third way: live

There are secrets that ravage you, others that make you stronger.

Much later I realized that a person's attitude to pain reveals more about his future than almost any other sign I know.

The most beautiful thing under the sun is being under the sun.