What you really value is what you miss, not what you have. Every educated person is a future enemy. The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty. Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.
Art is the only thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.
Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. No object is mysterious. The mystery is in your eyes. When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out. I take the view, and always have, that if you cannot say what you are going to say in twenty minutes you ought go to away and write a book about it.