“When one man says, “No, I won’t,” Rome begins to fear.”
“I love you, I thought. But I didn’t say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one— that she won’t say it back.”
“There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.”
“When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.”
“Here am I shedding one of my life-skins and all they will say is, 'Bernard is spending ten days in Rome'.”
“I once feared death. It is said that death begins with the absence of life. And life begins when death is no longer feared. I have stared death in the eye and survived.”