The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions - hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity - also ceased to manifest themselves. After a while, the embittered person felt no desire at all. They lacked the will either to live or to die, that was the problem.

Love cannot exist in peace, it will always come accompanied by agonies, ecstasies, intense joys and profound sadnesses.

I believe that I am guided by chance encounters. I believe in the miracle of chance encounters.

Life moves very fast. It rushes us from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.

I think the big danger of madness is not madness itself, but the habit of madness. What I discovered during the time I spent in the asylum is that I could choose madness and spend my whole life without working, doing nothing, pretending to be mad. It was a very strong temptation.

A threat need not provoke a response if it is not taken up.

We always try to interpret things in accordance with what we want and not as they are.