My desire to live is as intense as ever, and though my heart is broken, hearts are made to be broken: that is why God sends sorrow into the world.
The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of faith, and the lesson of romance.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.
I walk the world in wonder.