“It's a strange courage
you give me ancient star:Shine alone in the sunrise
toward which you lend no part!”

“All the glories of the sunset,
In the sunrise one may see;
That which others call the dawning
Is the night for you and me.”

“Never lend if you need repayment; never give where you want a return.”

“God gives us love. Something to love
He lends us; but when love is grown
To ripeness, that on which it throve
Falls off, and love is left alone.”

“You won't — I really believe — get too much out of reading it. Because you won't understand it; the content will seem strange to you. In reality, it isn't strange to you, for the point is ethical. I once wanted to give a few words in the foreword which now actually are not in it, which, however, I'll write to you now because they might be a key for you: I wanted to write that my work consists of two parts: of the one which is here, and of everything which I have not written. And precisely this second part is the important one.”

“You stand on dead men's legs. You've never had any of your own. You couldn't walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly”

“If you have money, don't lend it at interest. Rather, give [it] to someone from whom you won't get it back."”

“You give me love
Just to break my heart
Put me back together
Just to pull me a part
You give me a hand and kick me to the ground”

“I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.”

“You alone became the outer surface of my life, the side I never see, and you will be that, the unknown part of me, until I die.”