Is death that which gives meaning to life? And I said, no, life is that which gives meaning to life.

Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art.

And I sat there getting drunker and drunker and more in love and more in love...And you can never touch a girl in the same way more than once, twice, or another number of times however much you may wish to hold, wrap, or otherwise fix her hand, or look, or some other quality, or incident, known to you previously.

Goals incapable of attainment have driven many a man to despair, but despair is easier to get to than that -- one need merely look out of the window, for example.

Is death that which gives meaning to life? And I said, no, life is that which gives meaning to life.

Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced.

Capitalism arose and took off its pajamas. Another day, another dollar. Each man is valued at what he will bring in the marketplace. Meaning has been drained from work and assigned instead to remuneration.