"The thought of suicide is a great comfort: with it one gets through many a bad night."

"Only those who are capable of solitude are capable of love."

"Of all that is written I love only what a man has written in his own blood."

"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."

"The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind."