"I am looking for the impossible. That is why I am always searching for it."

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."

"Next, I'm attempting to do dusty thistles with a great swarm of butterflies swirling above them."

"At present this horror of life is already less pronounced, and the melancholy less acute. But I still have no will, and hardly any desires, or none at all that are to do with ordinary life."

"Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all."