One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.

There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.

I need to write down my observations. Even the tiniest ones; they're the most important.

One makes a trip by day, but by night one sets out on a journey.

A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world, because that's where people are shown what they could be if they wanted, and what they'd like to be if they dared to and what they really are

But he thought all the strange words were beautiful, and he had never had a book of his own before.

I'll have to calm down a bit. Or else I'll burst with happiness