“The negation of severe suffering was the nearest approach to happiness I expected to know. Besides, I seemed to hold two lives - the life of thought, and that of reality.”

“The charm of variety there was not, nor the excitement of incident; but I liked peace so well, and sought stimulus so little, that when the latter came I almost felt it a disturbance, and rather st...”

“I do not think the sunny youth of either will prove the forerunner of stormy age. I think it is deemed good that you two should live in peace and be happy - not as angels but as few are happy among...”

“Life is so constructed that an event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.”

“Happiness is the curea cheerful mind the preventive: cultivate both.”

“~Do you like him much?~I told you I like him a little. Where is the use of caring for him so very much? He is full of faults.~Is he?~All boys are.~More than girls?~Very likely. Wise people say it i...”

“I don't hate you.. I just don't like that you exist”

“The Princess of Parma was a Courvoisier in that she was incapable of innovation in social matters, but unlike the Courvoisiers in that the surprises the Duchesse de Guermantes perpetually held in s...”

“Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.”

“Immodest creature, you do not want a woman who will accept your faults, you want the one who pretends you are faultless one who will caress the hand that strikes her and kiss the lips that lie to”

“Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.”

“Check yourself often and correct your faults. Quit blaming others. Take responsibility for your own life. That's the only way you can grow!”

“Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own tr...”

“Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.”

“My calling ties me to no office, makes me no man's slave, compels me to no action which my soul condemns. It sets me free from town life, which I loathe; and allows me to breathe clean air, to exer...”