“He would not journey without a foot.
He would not breed nuts without trees,
Like seeking for ants in the heath.
Like an instrument of foolish spoil,
Like the retinue of an army without a head,
Like feeding the unsheltered on lichen.”

“A life without love is like a tree without fruit.”

“A life without a holiday is like a long journey without an inn to rest at.”

“Suffering without faith would be like love without hope.”

“An ocean without unnamed monsters would be like sleep without dreams.”

“A woman character without allure would be like a Superman without muscle.”

“What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.”

“A Race without the knowledge of its history is like a tree without roots.”

“I never thought it would end like this. I never thought he would leave me without saying goodbye.”

“He had never learned to live without delight. And he would have to learn to, just as, in a Prohibition country, he supposed he would have to learn to live without sherry. Theoretically he knew that life is possible, maybe even pleasant, without joy, without passionate griefs. But it had never occurred to him that he might have to live like that.”