“My mind became a sanctuary for secret thoughts of escaping from this household.”

“There will be a great imbalance in our strengths if we fight, because I am prepared to die and you are desperate to live.”

“Looking back, I realized that we were being raised to be schizophrenic; an appearance of perfection was more important than genuine feelings”

“I obeyed, but my crime was that I did not look obedient.”

“As regards intellectual work it remains a fact, indeed, that great decisions in the realm of thought and momentous discoveries and solutions of problems are only possible to an individual, working ...”

“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, andin spite of True Romance magazineswe shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do no...”

“I never really understood the word loneliness. As far as I was concerned, I was in an orgy with the sky and the ocean, and with nature.”

“Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.”

“I know that the whole pointthe only pointis tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go.”

“No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.”

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”

“Prayer is the sign of your weakness. Rely on your inner strength. You will be the winner.”

“The problem when you are a strong, capable, self-confident person, is that more often than not, people think that you don't really need things like comfort, reassurance, loyalty and guidance. Peopl...”