"I repeat, whether we be Italians or..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“Genius: the superhuman in man.”

“The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real.”

“...mothers are often fondest of the child which has caused them the greatest pain.”

“We desire truth, and find within ourselves only uncertainty. We seek happiness, and find only misery and death. We cannot but desire truth and happiness, and are incapable of certainty or happiness.”

“Oh, darling, I've been so miserable.”

“The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.”

“Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.”

“As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.”

“Life is rather above the measure of us all (save for a very few perhaps). We all need literature that is above our measure--though we may not have sufficient energy for it all the time.”