I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would... - Gustave Flaubert

"There are two infinities that confuse me: the one in my soul devours me; the one around me will crush me"

"The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments."

"We must laugh and cry, enjoy and suffer, in a word, vibrate to our full capacity … I think that’s what being really human means."

"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."

"The public wants work which flatters its illusions."