"Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic."

"There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions."

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

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

"The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic."

"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."

"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been."

"All Reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for."

"Vladimir: That passed the time.Estragon: It would have passed in any case.Vladimir: Yes, but not so rapidly."

"Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy."

"When shit becomes valuable, the poor will be born without assholes."