"Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes."
- Katherine Mansfield
"I saw myself driving through Eternity in a timeless taxi."
"The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance of a snake or two, a pool that nobody's fathomed the depth of,..."
"You have only to say one word and I would know your voice among all other voices. I don't know what it is - I've often wondered - that makes your voice such a - haunting memory. . . . Do you remember ..."
"Query: Why am I so bitter against Life? And why do I see her as a rag-picker on the American cinema, shuffling along wrapped in a filthy shawl with her old claws crooked over a stick?Answer: The direc..."
"Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become love. That is the mystery."
"We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. But the tremendous effort needed- one doesn't always want to make it-does one? ... But what else can be done? What's the alternativ..."
"Risk! Risk anything! ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth."
"Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change."