Sometimes we love with nothing more than hope. Sometimes we cry with everything except tears.
This life of ours. . . human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up---no more flower.
Three o'clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can't sleep, I am so happy.
I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.
There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you're asked.
Who soweth good seed shall surely reap; The year grows rich as it groweth old, And life's latest sands are its sands of gold!
You’re that lady,” Leo said. “The one who was named after Caribbean music. ” Her eyes glinted murderously. “Caribbean music. ” “Yeah. Reggae?” Leo shook his head. “Merengue? Hold on, I’ll get it. ” He snapped his fingers. “Calypso!
Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.
I don't buy into the glory days thing. I think every time has its great things to it. The '60s were such a glorious time but it's easy to forget that there was all sorts of bullshit too.