War is not won by victory.

[Never give up hope. Never give in to pessimism. Never despair.] No horse named Morbid ever won a race!

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

I did not understand them but they did not have any mystery, and when I understood them they meant nothing to me. I was sorry about this but there was nothing I could do about it.

All you need to do is write truly and not care about what the fate of it is.

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

I drank a bottle of wine for company. It was Chateau Margaux. It was pleasant to be drinking slowly and to be tasting the wine and to be drinking alone. A bottle of wine was good company.