Let everyone know, I lived a very happy life.

Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere

Great changes in the direction of peace have often come from people who were no great advocates of peace to begin with.

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love.

I very much enjoy reading other writers' diaries, mainly because it makes me ask myself: Are they like you? How do they think?

And before long , the msuic , the views rushing past the window , my fathers voice and the narrow cobblestone streets all merged into one , and it seemed to me that while we would never find answers to these fundamental questions , it was good for us to ask them anyway . pg. 284

When you love a city and have explored it frequently on foot, your body, not to mention your soul, gets to know the streets so well after a number of years that in a fit of melancholy, perhaps stirred by a light snow falling ever so sorrowfully, you'll discover your legs carrying you of their own accord toward one of your favourite promontories