because thou mayest.

He couldn't tell her that what he wanted now, more than anything, was to fall asleep beside her. No touching, no kissing, no stimulation. No sensation, no consciousness. Just the act of sleeping beside someone you liked to be with. Maybe that was love.

But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.

I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.

Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no.

A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.

You are a woman who can build it yourself. You were born to build.

Both of our mouths

The things we take to be serious, meaningful, of great importance--a time will come when they will be forgotten or seem of no importance. And the interesting thing is, we have absolutely no way of knowing just what will be considered sublime and important, and what trivial and absurd. Didn't the discoveries of Copernicus or, say, Columbus at first sound pointless, absurd, while some idiotic nonsense written by a crank sounded true?

You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.

Being different is nothing to be ashamed of. Because other people aren't such wonderful people. They're a hundred times one thousand. You're one times one!

Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically -- to those who hardly think about us in return.

“Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.”

I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.

"You needn't act as if the world had come to an end," he said, "because it hasn't. From now on you've got to live in a new world and face a few realities for a change. Buck up," he said, "it won't kill you."

I think I believe that a man is changing all the time. But there are certain moments when the change becomes noticeable.

I think therefore I am. Does that mean 'I feel therefore I'm not'?