“One must pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while still alive.”

“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”

“When one has not had a good father, one must create one.”

“When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life, and it is only fair that one has to pay dearly for having assaulted men and things in this manner with Yes and No. Everything is arranged so that the worst of tastes, the taste for the unconditional, should be cruelly fooled and abused until a man learns to put a little art into his feelings and rather to risk trying even what is artificial — as the real artists of life do.”

“A time came when one rubbed one's eyes; one is still rubbing them today.”

“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”

“Tethered heart, free spirit.--If one tethers one's heart severely and imprisons it, one can give one's spirit many liberties.”