I write to cover a frame of ideas.

Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life.

I hope, or I could not live.

The German people are an orderly, vain, deeply sentimental and rather insensitive people. They seem to feel at their best when they are singing in chorus, saluting or obeying orders.

We live in reference to past experience and not to future events, however inevitable.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

Figures are the most shocking things in the world. The prettiest little squiggles of black looked at in the right light and yet consider the blow they can give you upon the heart.