That something so small could be so beautiful. Worth so much. Only the strongest people can turn away from feelings like that.

Wealth of time is actually of more value than natural resources (petroleum, gold, diamond, gas etc.) and more valuable than human resources.

Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.

I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff.

What the war did to dreamers.

Stones are just stones and rain is just rain and misfortune is just bad luck.