I don't give a damn about semi-radicals!

People often ... have no idea how fair the flower is to the touch, nor do they appreciate its fragrance, which is the soul of the flower.

The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Oh, you think the darkness is your ally, but you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it.

I wonder what becomes of lost opportunities? Perhaps our guardian angel gathers them up as we drop them, and will give them back to us in the beautiful sometime when we have grown wiser, and learned how to use them rightly.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

The worst thing in the world is not to be born blind, but to be born with sight, and yet have no vision.