My Love Was Both Humble And Audacious,

I Have Read True Piety Defined As: Loving One’s Destiny Unconditionally – And There Is Something In It. That Is To Say: I Think That In A Way This Sort Of “religiousness” Is The Condition For Real Happiness.

I Do Not Know If You Remember The Tale Of The Girl Who Saves The Ship Under Mutiny By Sitting On The Powder Barrel With Her Lighted Torch... And All The Time Knowing That It Is Empty? This Has Seemed To Me A Charming Image Of The Women Of My Time. There They Were, Keeping The World In Order... By Sitting On The Mystery Of Life, And Knowing Themselves That There Was No Mystery.

In The Mind And Nature Of A Man A Secret Is An Ugly Thing, Like A Hidden Physical Defect.

Man And Woman Are Two Locked Caskets, Of Which Each Contains The Key To The Other.

Be Not Afraid Of Absurdity; Do Not Shrink From The Fantastic. Within A Dilemma, Choose The Most Unheard-of, The Most Dangerous Solution. Be Brave, Be Brave.