Courage overrides self-doubt, but does not end it.
My taking a seat on the Council of the Fathers caused a desperate fluttering among my ghosts.
Suffering teaches us only that we suffer. Joy shows us which way to go.
To make a thought my own, I must think it often.
Art can make chaos seductive.
A beautiful woman peers out her window, as full of envy as the harridan who peers up at her from the street.