“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”

“If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoi...”

“Marry, and you will regret it; dont marry, you will also regret it; marry or dont marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the worlds foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will r...”

“A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception.”

“People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness.”

“Teach all men to fish, but first teach all men to be fair. Take less, give more. Give more of yourself, take less from the world. Nobody owes you anything, you owe the world everything.”

“Respect? Of course, always, to all, because everything seems funnier when you're trying to show respect.”

“This desire to govern a woman -- it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together.... But I do love you surely in a better way then he does." He thought. "Yes -- really in a better way. ...”

“A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception.”

“What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?”

“Love has many positionings. Cordelia makes good progress. She is sitting on my lap, her arm twines, soft and warm, round my neck; she leans upon my breast, light, without gravity; the soft contours...”