The human race is unimportant. It is the self that must not be betrayed.' 'I suppose one could say that Hitler didn't betray his self.' He turned. 'You are right. He did not. But millions of Germans did betray their selves. That was the tragedy.'

It is only when our characters and events begin to disobey us that they begin to live.

Stained glass, engraved glass, frosted glass; give me plain glass.

You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be. One day you will know what that means, perhaps. And you will smile. Not against me. But with me.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

I read and I read; and I was like a medieval king, I had fallen in love with the picture long before I saw the reality.

You're not me. You can't feel like I feel." "I can feel." "No you can't. You just choose not to feel or something and everything's fine." "It's not fine. It's just not so bad.