Only three things are infinite. The sky in its stars, the sea in its drops of water, and the heart in its tears.

Before her marriage she had thought that she had love within her grasp; but since the happiness which she had expected this love to bring her hadn’t come, she supposed she must have been mistaken. And Emma tried to imagine just what was meant, in life, by the words “bliss,” “passion,” and “rapture” - words that had seemed so beautiful to her in books.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

One day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table.

It is an excellent habit to look at things as so many symbols.

It seems to me... that I have always lived! I possess memories that go back to the Pharoahs. I see myself very clearly at different ages of history, practicing different professions... My present personality is the result of my lost [past] personalities.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.