Man is a talking animal and he will always let himself be swayed by the power of the word. Machines won't change human nature.

He formed his sentences hesitantly and then threw them at me with such force that I felt as if I were receiving a present each time

immortality is a terrible curse.

Retirement revives the sorrow of parting, the feeling of abandonment, solitude and uselessness that is caused by the loss of some beloved person.

There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.

Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.

I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.