Do not be bewildered by the surfaces: in the depths all becomes law.

To write rhythmic prose one must go deep into oneself and find the anonymous and multiple rhythm of the blood. Prose needs to be built like a cathedral. There, one is truly without a name, without ambition, without help; on scaffoldings, alone with one's consciousness.

Nearly everything that matters is a challenge, and everything matters.

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.

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.

Life is cut to allow for growth ... one may vigorously put on weight before one fills it out entirely.

I think of you often, dear, and with such concentrated wishes that it really must help you in some way.