“There was no solution, save that universal solution which life gives to all questions, even the most complex and insolvable: One must live in the needs of the day--that is, forget oneself.”

“There was no solution, but that universal solution which life gives to all questions, even the most complex and insoluble. That answer is: one must live in the needs of the day—that is, forget oneself. To forget himself in sleep was impossible now, at least till nighttime; he could not go back now to the music sung by the decanter-women; so he must forget himself in the dream of daily life.”

“There was no answer, except the general answer life gives to all the most complex and insoluble questions. That answer is: one must live for the needs of the day, in other words, become oblivious.”

“The most radical and far-reaching solutions often need rethinking of processes and deep questioning of the status quo-and these are hard.”

“A woman's heart is such a complex problem - the owner thereof is often most incompetent to find the solution to this puzzle.”

“The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reason and analysis but first of all by living.”