“One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human.”

“When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.”

“Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others.”

“Hell is the incapacity to be other than the creature one finds oneself ordinarily behaving as.”

“Does one ever know oneself why one laughs?”

“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”

“If a player in the game of Deadman's Catch drops a skittle, he is obliged to suffer a succession of handicaps. First to catch using one hand, then to catch kneeling on one knee, then on two knees, then with one eye closed. If a player finally drops a catch with both eyes closed, then he is out and must take his place in the winding-sheet.”

“The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye… until we meet again”

“One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.”

“One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love”