Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name.

Look, we don't love like flowers with only one season behind us; when we love, a sap older than memory rises in our arms.

Be out of sync with your times for just one day, and you will see how much eternity you contain within you.

Beauty is only the start of bearable terror.

I could give you no advice but this: to go into yourself and to explore the depths where your life wells forth.

I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years, and I still don't know if I am a falcon, or a storm, or a great song.

To be loved means to be consumed. To love is to give light with inexhaustible oil. To be loved is to pass away, to love is to endure.