Delmore Schwartz

Even paranoids have real enemies.

Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you.

Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.