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There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, read more

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest read more

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They read more

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does read more

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.