Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and...

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to...

I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the...

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the...

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

It is not the experience of today that drives us mad; it is remorse or...

It is not the experience of today that drives us mad; it is remorse or...

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

What can this piece of paper do; imagine?

What can this piece of paper do; imagine?

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.