it's the buzzing noise.

AFTER A NIGHT OUT WITH MY COLLEGE FRIENDS

I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish.

I cried in English, I cried in French, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.

WHEN SOMEONE MENTIONS GOING TO THE GYM

That is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now.

You can read. Which is to say, you can glance at a piece of paper (or a glowing screen) and immediately, effortlessly take in the thoughts of someone else. The greatest philosophers, poets, scientists, novelists, artists, and world leaders in history have left the contents of their thoughts just lying around in a form that you can access instantly. We take it for granted, but it’s really magical.