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

‎''Just think, never to be glad or disappointed. Never to like anyone and get cross at him and forgive him. Never to sleep or feel cold, never to make a mistake and have a stomach-ache and be cured from it, never to have a birthday party, drink beer, and have a bad conscience... How terrible.

Smell is important. It reminds a person of all the things he's been through; it is a sheath of memories and security.

There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for himself, but he must choose while there is still time and never change his mind.

You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.

My bag was as light as my happy-go-lucky heart.

You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.