“Човек, който желае настойчиво нещо, ще принуди съдбата да отстъпи.”

“Anyone who has chanced like me to roam through desolate mountains and studied at length their fantastic shapes and drunk the invigorating air of their valleys can understand why I wish to describe and depict these magic scenes for others.”

“You too are an exile, I thought. You morn for the broad open steppes where you have room to spread your icy wings. Here you feel stifled and constricted, like an eagle that cries and beats against the bars of its iron cage.”

“An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.”

“Disenchantment, like any other fashion, having started off among the elite had now been passed down to finish its days among the lower orders.”

“It is sad to see a young man's fondest hopes and dreams shattered when the rose-colured veil is plucked away and he sees the actions and feelings of men for what they are. But he still has the hope of replacing his old illusions with others, just as fleeting, but also just as sweet.”

“„И как ще могат мъжът и жената да се разбират един друг, след като и двамата желаят различни неща: мъжът желае жената, а жената желае мъжа.”