our deeds have even less substance than we ourselves.
it's been my experience that while impossible things happen frequently, improbable ones never do.
It is possible to wish so greatly for the unattained that in time you believe it has been won - indeed, you can even remember the winning of it.
things never seem as bad as they are.
one pities most those who loved, and still died. Only those who love, dread death.
Bad enough to make mistakes, without going ahead and marrying them.