Youth is so vulnerable. It is so ruthless – so sure. So generous and so demanding.
What do most people mean when they say that? So young. Something innocent, something appealing, something helpless. But youth is not that! Youth is crude, youth is strong, youth is powerful – yes, and cruel! And one thing more – youth is vulnerable.
With women, love always comes first.
To know you have permanently injured another human being is the heaviest burden anyone could have to bear.
There is always a danger of accepting facts as proved which are really nothing of the kind.
The why must never be obvious. That is the whole point!
The truth has a habit of making itself known. Even after many years.
The people who do us most harm are the people who shield us from reality.
Take what you want and pay for it, says God.[Spanish proverb]
One must have the courage to face reality. Without that courage, life is meaningless.
One must accept truth. It’s no good basing your life on a lie because it’s what you want to believe.
One does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up the cigarette ends and examine the bent blades of grass. It is enough for me to sit back in my chair and think. It is this” – he tapped his egg-shaped head – “this that functions!
