"I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would have something that can dissipate the inertia and give elasticity to the muscles. We can heat the body, we can cool it; we can give it tension or relaxation; and surely it is possible to bring it into a state in which rising from bed will not be a pain."

"He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty"

"Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing."

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt."

"It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."

"The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic."

"Any asshole can chase a skirt, art takes discipline."

"I said goodbye again sucking up all that was left of her into the little that was left of me. I said, 'don't look for me again. fuck it. we are all lost. goodbye, goodbye."

"Wandering aimlessly, broken by my thoughts, Which slowly sharpened daggers at my heart"

"Fruit free of any bruises, not yet broken open, / With flesh so firm and smooth, it cried out to be eaten!"

"It's the devil who pulls the strings that make us dance"

"Unable to suppress love, the Church wanted at least to disinfect it, and it created marriage."

"All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation."

"Through the Unknown, we'll find the New"

"Forest, I fear you! In my ruined heart your roaring wakens the same agony as in cathedrals when the organ moans and from the depths I hear that I am damned."

"An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom."

"It always seems to me that I should feel well in the place where I am not."

"Inspiration comes of working every day."

"It is the hour to be drunken! To escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish."

"To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery."

"But the true voyagers are only those who leave Just to be leaving; hearts light, like balloons, They never turn aside from their fatality And without knowing why they always say: "Let's go!"

"The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, & which life reveals is the most living proof of our immortality."

"Let us beware of common folk, common sense, sentiment, inspiration, and the obvious."

"I should like the fields tinged with red, the rivers yellow and the trees painted blue. Nature has no imagination."