The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.

Mankind, which has always been a part of nature, has reached a point where it is too much for nature to accommodate.

Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?

Nature with her wealth of birds and flowers, Has in her heart a place for every weed; For her quick eyes require no microscope To note the varied wonders and delights That the Creator's humblest works possess.

Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don't know the vanity and the nothingness of writing. I think it is very usual and natural for a writer to commit suicide, because in order to keep on writing he must be a very strong person.

When I look at small things, I think I shall go on living: drops of rain, leather gloves shrunk by being wet... When I look at something too big, I want to die: the Diet Building, or a map of the world.

Something whose connection with human experience we cannot grasp is bound to be frightening.