"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings."
"Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat."
"Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are."
"Societies in decline have no use for visionaries."
"Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic."
"life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat."