For there is only one great adventure and that is inward toward the self, and for that, time nor space nor even deeds matter.

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.

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.

Imagination is the voice of the daring.

Work on one thing at a time until finished.

To have her here in bed with me, breathing on me, her hair in my mouth—I count that something of a miracle.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum.