“Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.”

“Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.”

“She could not understand why people feared new ideas. She was frightened by the old ones.”

“Mistress Love, you have one merit and no others: Mistress Affection keeps you company. Else would your rule be sadly wanting!”

“When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love.”

“There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.”

“One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.”

“A new adventure is coming up and I'm sure it will be a good one.”

“I’d love to know the future. Even if it’s just the past all dressed up to make whatever comes next look good.”

“Young people, especially, are looking for religion so desperately that they are inventing new ones. They should not have to invent new ones; the old religions are pretty good.”