Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.

There is no one who would have me - I can't cook.

Every one of us lives this life just once, if we are honest, to live once is enough.

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference.

You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.

If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single.

I'm afraid of NOTHING except being bored!

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.

I don’t like to talk to people, because I can’t express myself satisfactorily. I don’t say the things I mean.

I curled closer to May, comforted by her warmth.

The day we stop learning is the day we die.

If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.

I don't mind being alone when I'm surrounded by people, I just hate being alone when I'm alone.

We're fragile, fragmented souls who are very sensitive to criticism.

...I love 'yes.' It's practically the most interesting word of all, don't you think?" Like a hinge opening a door outward. Yes, yes, yes.

How beautiful the world was when one looked at it, without searching... just looked, simply and innocently.

I want to be free... free to develop my art.

A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.

We are powerfully imprisoned in these Dark Ages simply by the terms in which we have been conditioned to think.