Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

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The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

A city becomes a world when one loves one of it's inhabitants.

A city becomes a world when one loves one of it's inhabitants.

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel....

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel....

I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time...

I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time...

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or...

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or...

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her,...

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her,...

We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the...

We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the...

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.

Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.

Music is only love looking for words.

Music is only love looking for words.

Truth disappears with the telling of it

Truth disappears with the telling of it

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled...

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled...

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.