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Let me die the moment my love dies. Let me not outlive my own capacity to love. Let me die still loving, and so, never die.

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.

nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.

It is better for the heart to break, than not to break.

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.