“Don't forget to love yourself.”

“.....love yourself.”

“Only the lower natures forget themselves and become something new. Thus the butterfly has entirely forgotten that it was a caterpillar, perhaps it may in turn so entirely forget it was a butterfly that is becomes a fish.”

“Love is the expression of the one who loves, not of the one who is loved. Those who think they can love only the people they prefer do not love at all. Love discovers truths about individuals that others cannot see”

“In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.”

“if god loves me, he is my mortal enemy”

“What distinguishes all love from lust is the fact that it bears an impress of eternity.”