He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.

To have a childhood means to live a thousand lives before the one.

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

If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.

I am too alone in the world and not alone enough to make every moment holy.

Your solitude will expand and become a place where you can live in the twilight, where the noise of other people passes, far in the distance.

Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.