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One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them. ”
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. ”
I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell you, find a woman you can fall in love with. Do it. Let yourself fall in love. If you have not done so already, you are wasting your life. ”
You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere. ”
The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens. ”
The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread. ”
Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion. ”
The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her. ”
Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad. ”
Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told. ”