"Short as life is, we make it..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“People do not lack strength; they lack will.”

“Progress is not accomplished in one stage.”

“The heart becomes heroic through passion. It is no longer composed of anything but what is pure; it no longer rests upon anything but what is elevated and great.”

“For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity.”

“It would have been better to come back at the same hour,” said the fox. “If, for example, you came at four o’clock in the afternoon, then at three o’clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o’clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you . . . One must observe the proper rites . . .”

“The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young.”

“Our life evokes our character and you find out more about yourself as you go on.”

“I spent a long time looking at faces, drinking in smiles. Am I happy or unhappy? It’s not a very important question. I live with such frenzied intensity. Things and people are waiting for me, and doubtless I am waiting for them and desiring them with all my strength and sadness. But, here, I earn the right to be alive by silence and by secrecy. The miracle of not having to talk about oneself.”

“I have no business to feel downcast or querulous merely because when so much as been given me I have not had even more.”