The essence of what I desire is simply this: to sleep away life.

In order to understand, I destroyed myself.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

I don't mourn the loss of my childhood; I mourn because everything, including (my) childhood, is lost.

Multipliquei-me para me sentir.

Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built.

Everything is worthwhile if the soul is not small.