“Turn back to humanity – to the world – to love! Become gardeners – whatever you want! – become nothing! – and the whole of space will be free for you.”
“Please go for your dreams. Whatever your ideals, you can become whatever you want to become.”
“The whole world can become the enemy when you lose what you love.”
“If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become...will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'?”
“If a house has no garden, the whole earth becomes its garden!”
“You think you want love, Mary. You think it is this beautiful gift that does nothing but fill you and make you whole. But you are wrong. Love can be cruel and ugly. It can become dark and cause the deepest pain.”