Sam Z

“My mind still clung to the image of my wife. A thought crossed my mind: I didn’t even know if she were still alive. I knew only one thing—which I have learned well by now: Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“In a position of utter desolation, when man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way —an honorable way—in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's