I know what is wrong and I know what is right, and I’d die for the truth in my secret life.
I have an epic, not a dramatic nature. My disposition and my desires call for peace to spin my thread, for a steady rhythm in life and art.
I find ecstasy in living; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
I don’t like to share my personal life… it wouldn’t be personal if I shared it.
I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink life to the lees.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
I argue thee That love is life — And life hath Immortality —
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
How pitiful life is! You’re rolling in clover and the clover’s not sweet enough.[Wie armselig es ist zu leben. Man lebt in der Milch, und die Milch ist zu schlecht.]
Hell! I’m glad I did it. It’s going to be a change. I call this life!
