“That was the state of the world when I began to be aware of my family environment, and I cannot evoke it in any other way: sorrows, griefs, uncertainties in the solitude of an immense house.”

“Lost in the solitude of his immense power, he began to lose direction.”

“Over the years they both reached the same wise conclusion by different paths: it was not possible to live together in any other way, or love in any other way, and nothing in this world was more difficult than love.”

“The people of the United States are one of the people I most admire in the world. The only thing I don't understand is why a country that manages to do so well cannot do better in choosing its president.”

“I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy, love.”

“From then on I began to measure my life not by years but by decades.”

“The truth was that I could not manage my soul, and I was becoming aware of old age because of my weakness in the face of love.”