To other women the choice of clothes was a form of ingenious exhibition, a shameless seduction. To me, dresses were like a breastplate that I put on to set off to war against this life.

The moon in all her immaculate purity hung in the sky, laughing at this world of dust. She congratulated me for my carefully considered maneuvers and invited me to share in her eternal solitude.

I splash my head with ice-cold water and turn to face the mirror. When my image appears I instinctively look away. Is there a truth on the other side that we do not want to see?

I envied these women I saw before me, their beauty still intact. Life has its revenge of life. Untimely death is the secret of eternal youth.

Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.

Heroes are damned. No mortal conquers Death.

I talk to trees and animals. We have interesting conversations about food, weather, and love. They sometimes can predict the future.

I would like to be a philosopher in ancient Athens and a poet in ancient China.

Politicians are better liars than writers.

Years have passed and how I am anxiously watching the twilight of my childhood, quietly sinking, never to rise again.

would you dare to love me?

War is a monster. War is the devil. It starts and it consumes and it grows and grows. And otherwise normal men become monsters, too.

We ache with the yearningthat turns half into wholeand offer no excusesfor the beauty of our souls.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes but few have the gift of penetration.

Regression in grief must be seen and supported as a means toward adaptation and health.

The importance of the river cannot be overstated in the history of the country, or the development of the nation.

The more you think you have to use physical force to control life, the less you control life.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

So when you feel this time approaching, and your comfort zones in view. Stop and think about what you're feeling, and see if what you're feeling is true.

If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle.

Growth isn't free it always has a cost.