It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask.

As in the physical world, so in the spiritual world, pain does not last forever.

There is no feeling to be compared with the feeling of having written and finished a story.

You are a Queen. Let mine be the joy of giving you your kingdom.

Perhaps it does not matter so very much what it is one loves in this world. But love something one must.

Life never become a habit to me. It's always a marvel.

Every time one leaves anywhere, something precious, which ought not to be killed, is left to die.