All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride read more

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!"

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanisms of the universe.

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanisms of the universe.

Just remember, the same as a spectacular Vogue magazine, remember that no matter how close you follow the jumps: Continued read more

Just remember, the same as a spectacular Vogue magazine, remember that no matter how close you follow the jumps: Continued on page whatever. No matter how careful you are, there's going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed feeling under your skin that you didn't experience it all. There's that fallen heart feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should've been paying attention. Well, get used to that feeling. That's how your whole life will feel some day. This is all practice. None of this matters. We're just warming up.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

My life has been a series of emergencies.

My life has been a series of emergencies.

Real life seems to have no plots.

Real life seems to have no plots.

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, read more

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and almost never leave. Our lives are measured by those.

The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.

The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. -Kahlil Gibran.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. -Kahlil Gibran.