Transgression is a quest for solitude
Believing in religion is like believing that adulthood is the solution to childhood.
Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.
There is nothing more terrorizing than the possibility that nothing is hidden. There is nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage
I am always true to myself, that is the problem. Who else could I be true to?
The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd. We are at our most stupid in our self-hatred.