There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

Live your life and forget your age.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.