“The priest accepted me, I accepted the priest, so everything went off smoothly.”

“Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.”

“To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says,but to go off with him and travel in his company.”

“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”

“Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.”

“Everything's already been said, but since nobody was listening, we have to start again.”

“The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him -- I could hit on nothing that wasn't charming. It's wonderful how hard I find it not to be fascinating.”