You can have your cake and eat it. But my God, it will go rotten inside you.
Sentimentalism is the working off on yourself of feelings you haven't really got.
What the eye doesn't see and the mind doesn't know, doesn't exist.
The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
She was always waiting, it seemed to be her forte.
The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion.