Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.

True undoubting is the teacher's part, continual undoubting the part of the pupil.

I am always trying to convey something that can’t be conveyed, to explain something which is inexplicable, to tell about something I have in my bones, something which can be expressed only in the bones.

Just think how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm.

Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more.

Anybody who preserves the ability to recognize beauty will never get old.

Writers speak stench.