And I had not much of a voice. I didn't play that great guitar either.

Do not believe the truth. The truth is tiny compared to what you have to do.

Seriousness is not Calvinistic, it's not a renunciation, it's the very opposite of that.

Shouldering your loneliness like a gun that you will not learn to aim, you stumble into this movie house then you climb, you climb into the frame.

I see people allowing their lives to diminish, to become shallow, so they can't enjoy the deep wells of experience. Maybe it's always been this way, when the heart tends to shut down. If only the heart shut down and there were no repercussions, it would be O.K., but when the heart shuts down, the whole system goes into a kind of despair that is intolerable.

Why don't you try to do without him, why don't you try to live alone? Do you really need his hands for your passion? Do you really need his heart for your throne? Do you need his labor for your baby? Do you need his beast for the bone? Do you need to hold a leash to be a lady? I know that you can make it, you can make it on your own.

I found that things became a lot easier when I no longer expected to win. You abandon your masterpiece and sink into the real masterpiece.