“memories should be sharp when one has nothing else to live for”

“There is surely nothing other than the purpose of the present moment. A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do and nothing else to pursue. We should live by being true to the purpose of each moment.”

“The need to speak, even if one has nothing to say, becomes more pressing when one has nothing to say, just as the will to live becomes more urgent when life has lost its meaning.”

“My pain is constant and sharp… this confession has meant nothing”

“Why did happy memories fade and blur until one could scarcely recall them at all, while horrible memories seemed to retain their blinding clarity and painful sharpness?”

“Oh, nothing has the memory of love!”

“All that we can remember is almost nothing. Memory is greater than we are, but memory is living and mortal as well.”

“Gone is not forgotten, but our lives cannot be a memorial. This city cannot be a memorial. This city has to be a city. Our lives have to be our lives.”

“Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.”

“Happy people are ignoramuses and glory is nothing else but success, and to achieve it one only has to be cunning.”