Language must resound with all the harmonies of music. The writer must always, at all times, find the tremulous word which captures the thing and is able to draw a sob from my soul by its very rightness.

One must know and recognize not merely the direct but the secret power of the word.

Small jerks began to appear in my legs, my walk became unsteady precisely because I wanted it to be smooth.

I can't even make up a rhyme about an umbrella, let alone death and life and eternal peace.

Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth.

The intelligent poor individual was a much finer observer than the intelligent rich one. The poor individual looks around him at every step, listens suspiciously to every word he hears from the people he meets; thus, every step he takes presents a problem, a task, for his thoughts and feelings. He is alert and sensitive, he is experienced, his soul has been burned.

Love is every bit as violent and dangerous as murder.