Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.
Love can't always do work. Sometimes it just has to look into the darkness.
There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
What makes you imagine ... that anything of importance can be taught in a school?
A middling talent makes for a more serene life.
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.