To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose... - Oscar Wilde

"Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life."

"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?"

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."

"Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."