The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
Life is stronger than you are, even when you deny it, even when you neglect it, even when you refuse to admit it.
Perhaps it's because it's incredible to meet someone and say: with this person, I'm happy.
But friends, those I wanted to please? There are so few, so few. . . and you're one of them. You. . . because you have such a gift for life. You grab hold of it with both hands. You move, you dance, you know how to make the rain and the sunshine in a home. You have this incredible gift for making people around you happy. You're so at ease, so at ease on this little planet.
What keeps people from living together is their stupidity, not their differences.
I think we go well together. I like being with you because I'm never bored. Even when we're not talking, even when we're not touching, even when we're not in the same room, I'm not bored. I'm never bored. I think it's because I have confidence in you, in your thoughts. Do you understand? I love everything I see in you, and everything I don't see. I know your faults, but as it turns out, I feel as though your faults go well with my qualities. We're not afraid of the same things. Even our inner demons go well together! You, you're worth more than you show.
How could you let yourself be sidetracked while I was waiting for your breath on my back?
In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal.
When I start thinking, all is lost.
It doesn't take a brilliant mind to notice that adults are telling you what to do and then they do the opposite. I mean, I can't recall every stupid thing that adults were doing when I was six or seven. Some of it was the religious restrictions, where there were certain things that you were allowed to do and certain things that you weren't allowed to do, and I couldn't make sense of those things.
Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.