A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.

So therefore I dedicate myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my suffrances, my loneliness, my unique madness, my endless absorption and hunger because I cannot dedicate myself to any fellow being.

It’s not that I can’t fall in love. It’s really that I can’t help falling in love with too many things all at once. So, you must understand why I can’t distinguish between what’s platonic and what isn’t, because it’s all too much and not enough at the same time.

All of life is a foreign country.

My shoes are clean from walking in the rain.

And there in the blue air I saw for the first time, far off, the great snowy tops of the Rocky Mountains. I had to get to Denver at once.

While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light