Unrequited love is as different from the mutual love as the error from the truth.

Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.

When they are among us cats are angels

To be made evident, truth must be sought for; for of itself it is slow to appear, and between ourselves and God the obstacles are so many!

No human being can control love, and no one is to blame either for feeling it or for losing it. What alone degrades a woman is falsehood.

A child motivated by competitive ideals will grow into a man without conscience, shame, or true dignity.

we do not die of anguish, we live on. We continue to suffer. We drink the cup drop by drop.