Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.

Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name.

I prayed to rediscover my childhood, and it has come back, and I feel that it is just as difficult as it used to be, and that growing older has served no purpose at all.

And when suddenly the god stopped her and, with anguish in his cry, uttered the words: ‘He has turned round’ – she comprehended nothing and said softly: ‘Who?

You are also the physician who must watch over yourself. But in the course of every illness there are many days in which the physician can do nothing but wait.

Often a star was waiting for you to notice it. A wave rolled toward you out of the distant path, or as you walked under an open window, a violin yielded itself to your hearing. All this was mission.

you are not too old and it is not too late to dive into your increasing depths where life calmly gives out it's own secret