Modern tragic writers have to write short stories; if they wrote long stories…cheerfulness would creep in. Such stories are like stings; brief, but purely painful.

“Man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer…”

“metaphysics is the only thoroughly emotional thing.”

“Happiness is a mystery like religion, and should never be rationalized.”

“Fairy tales say that apples were golden only to refresh the forgotten moment wh…”