“A life of short duration...could be so rich in joy and love that it could contain more meaning than a life lasting eighty years.”

“...living the same sorrows three times was a suffering, but it was a suffering to relive even the same joys. The joy of life is born from feeling, whether it be joy or grief, always of short duration, and woe to those who know they will enjoy eternal bliss.”

“…had an hour of silent agony that aged him more than years of happy life could have done.”

“A person's life consists of a collection of events, the last of which could also change the meaning of the whole, not because it counts more than the previous onesbut because once they are included in a life, events are arranged in an order that is not chronological but, rather, corresponds to an inner architecture.”

“Whoever has loved knows all that life contains of sorrow and joy.”

“Happy was she who could believe without seeing, who was at one with the duration and continuity of life.”