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

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The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a...

A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a...

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is...

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is...

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no...

Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and...

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,...

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Jazz is the music of the body

Jazz is the music of the body

Too late for changes, too late perhaps for explanations and ideological webs, but the love...

Too late for changes, too late perhaps for explanations and ideological webs, but the love...

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...

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

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

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Dreams are necessary to life.

Dreams are necessary to life.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and...

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and...

Living means constantly growing closer to death. Satisfaction only temporarily relieves hunger. Find the balance,...

Living means constantly growing closer to death. Satisfaction only temporarily relieves hunger. Find the balance,...

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.