“Sometimes, even in the most unfortunate of lives, there will occur a moment or two of good fortune.”

“Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good.”

“How few things good fortune prizes!'Yes, the day you are fortunate is also the day when you are the most unfortunate, for in good fortune you cannot imagine what suffering is.”

“I think that sometimes the great changes in our lives, the ones that divide time, happen so deep down and silently that we don't even know when they occur......It frequently happens that the seasons of the greatest change are the times that feel the most tranquil, the most suspended, the most...timeless.”

“At certain junctures in the course of existence, unique moments occur when everyone and everything, even the most distant stars, combine to bring about something that could not have happened before and will never happen again. Few people know how to take advantage of these critical moments, unfortunately, and they often pass unnoticed. When someone does recognize them, however, great things happen in the world.”

“Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.”