“ 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. ”

“ People living deeply have no fear of death. ”

“ I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. ”

“ Dreams are necessary to life. ”

“ I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. ”

“ What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship? ”

“ A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked. ”

“ The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. ”

“ Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning. ”

“ Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ”