If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like. But i do know what the heart of a good man is like. And it is terrible.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.

In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.

With experience comes improvement.

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other.

What I have said to people is that I've lived the American dream, because I have.

Words,words filled the night like the fragrance of invisible flowers.

Today you are you! That is truer than true!

A middling talent makes for a more serene life.

You don't use mayonnaise, why? ... Are you addicted to mayonnaise? Is it okay if I use mayonnaise? I could go outside.

Anyone can stay the same. It takes courage to change

You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.