He was marked out by his relentless ability to find fault with others' mediocrity--suggesting that a certain type of intelligence may be at heart nothing more or less than a superior capacity for dissatisfaction.

“If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which …”

“It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acq…”

“.. if you asked most people whether they believed in love or not, they’d probab…”

“We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as beauti…”