He walks in the street, a picture of modesty in his felt hat and his gabardine suit, and all the while he's… — Simone de Beauvoir

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

One day I'll be old, dead, forgotten. And at this very moment, while I'm sitting here thinking these things, a man in a dingy hotel room is thinking, "I will always be here."

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.