Our secret thoughts - do they ever show up? The small flame of our soul can be burning hot, but no one comes to its warmth. Passersby see only a small whiff going through the chimney. Don't we need to take care of that flame, cherish it and patiently wait until someone will come and sit at it, do we?

The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.

You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe it turns out that was wrong, but still you would have done his, and it is most important.

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]