I have long trusted dreams as prophetic visions. I do not mean that they foretell the future, only that they illuminate the present, when my eyes are closed, so that I may see clearly.

I have long trusted dreams as prophetic visions. I do not mean that they foretell the future, only that they illuminate the present, when my eyes are closed, so that I may see clearly.

Escape is not a dirty word. None of us can face what's happening head-on all of the time.

You win some, you lose some, and your losses are never made up to you. She will simply have to do without; like it or not, she must face her losses and her helplessness to undo them.

I've never began any important venture for which I felt adequate prepared

For each of us, the only hope resides in his own efforts, in completing his own story, not in the other's interpretation. (63)

That is one of the reasons why a man should pick a path with heart, so that he can find his laughter.