It could be so beautiful here if the Americans themselves had not made it so ugly with their big buildings, their millions of cars, and noise.
It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.
Every one of us lives this life just once, if we are honest, to live once is enough.
I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference.
Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.
I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream.