If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

All my Calvaries were rosy crucifixions, pseudo-tragedies to keep the fires of hell burning brightly for the real sinners who are in danger of being forgotten.

To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts.

It is now the fall of my second year in Paris. I was sent here for a reason I have not yet been able to fathom. I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. A year ago, six months ago, i thought I was an artist. I no longer think about it. I am. There are no more books to be written, thank God.

Man, as man, has never realized himself. The greater part of him, his potential being, has always been submerged. What is history if not the endless story of his repeated failures?

Your nearness is the nearness of planets. I am the void between you. If I withdraw there will be no void for you to swim in.

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.