Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suff... - Leo Tolstoy

"A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul."

"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here."

"truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold."

"If you want to be happy, be."

"He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began."