“No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities..”

“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.”

“Tearless grief bleeds inwardly”

“There is probably no hell for authors in the next world--they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this one.”

“Our first and last love is self-love.”

“Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.”

“Free yourself from the burden of feeling the need to hold on to anything. Let go you are a part of everything.”

“The pain of the narcissist is that, to him, everything is really a threat. What doesn't surrender in reverence is blasphemous to a high opinion of oneself - the burden of self-importance. The narci...”

“Our life gets prettier when we try to lighten the burden of others.”

“Bear your pain or it will come back”

“So the gods must mean something else, said Jix.God, not gods! insisted Johnnie.Nick threw up his hands. God, gods, or whatever, said Nick. Right now, it doesnt matter whether its Jesus, or Kukulcan...”

“A gift can never be cheap or insignificant because of the heart and love it carries.”

“Take a glass of wine while reading, your feet on the back of your slave. This is the best combination of pleasures that is.”