Definitive resolutions are made always and only in a state of mind that is not destined to last.

This is the seashore. Neither land nor sea. It’s a place that does not exist.

I did not love you out or boredom or loneliness or caprice. I loved you because the desire for you was stronger than any happiness.

... he was one of those men who like to be observers at their own lives ... such people observe their destiny much as most people tend to observe a rainy day.

It’s a strange grief…to die of nostalgia for something you never lived.

Perhaps sometimes life shows you a side of itself which leaves you with nothing more to say

You were dead.' She said. 'And in the whole world there was nothing beautiful left.

We are full of words whose true meaning we haven't been taught, and one of those words is suffering. Another is the word death. We don't know what they mean, but we use them, and this is a mystery.

As you see, it is not that I don't know my own mind, I know it very well but only up to a certain point in the matter. I know perfectly well what the question is. It's the answer I want.

To die of yearning for something you will never experience

She had not really a sensitive soul, but to put it in exact terms, was possessed by an uncontrollable feeling of mind

Be stronger than your excuses.

You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.

If a few companies were less greedy, the people at the bottom woud have a lot more.

I wish I was old Hollywood.

Donald Trump doesn't believe in much, doesn't want to do much.

[Hillary Clinton's] regulations are a disaster, and you're going to increase regulations all over the place.

I was happy, I wasnt beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasnt what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I dont know how my mother did it.

The goal of preparation then is not knowing exactly where you'll go but being confident nonetheless that you'll get there.

The more advertising I see, the less I want to buy.