There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that.

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Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is...

Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is...

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in...

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in...

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the...

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the...

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art...

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art...

A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves...

A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves...

Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.

Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.

No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.

No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never...

Romanticism is not just a mode; it literally eats into every life. Women will never...

Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always...

Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always...

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad...

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by...

Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by...

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so...

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so...

You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a...

You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other...

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other...

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be...

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be...

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around...

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around...