Saying this, he turned his head toward the window as if he were trying to solve the problems of human existence by concentrating on the beauty of the universe.

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.

If it were not for guests all houses would be graves.

Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names. It was love lashed by its own self that spoke. It was pride half slain that fluttered in the dust. It was my hunger for your love that raged from the housetop, while my own love, kneeling in silence, prayed your forgiveness.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

It is only when you are pursued that you become swift.

When the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.