"I do not now begin, - I..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent.”

“You don't have to travel around the world to understand that the sky is blue everywhere”

“By seeking and blundering we learn.”

“Throughout it all, I loved her as much as I always had, and I found myself aching for those simpler times of the past. I knew what was happening, of course. As we were drifting apart, I was becoming more desperate to save what we once had shared; like a vicious circle, however, my desperation made us drift apart even further.”

“I love thee so, that, maugre all thy pride,Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide.Do not extort thy reasons from this clause,For that I woo, thou therefore hast no causeBut rather reason thus with reason fetter,Love sought is good, but given unsought better.”

“When your sense of self is no longer tied to thought, is no longer conceptual, there is a depth of feeling, of sensing, of compassion, of loving, that was not there when you were trapped in mental concepts. You are that depth.”

“She dreams of him that has forgot her love; You dote on her that cares not for your love. 'Tis pity love should be so contrary; And thinking of it makes me cry 'alas!”

“If you could see my legs when I take my boots off, you'd form some idea of what unrequited affection is.”

“How long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil? A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life!”