By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man.

Without memories, without hope, they lived for the moment only. indeed, the here and now had come to mean everything to them. For there is no denying that the plague had gradually killed off in all of us the faculty not of love only but even of friendship. Naturally enough, since love asks something of the future, and nothing was left us but a series of present moments.

Mon cher ami, let's not give them any pretext, no matter how small, for judging us!!! Otherwise, we'll be left in shreds. We are forced to take the same precautions as the animal trainer. If, before going into the cage, he has the misfortune to cut himself while shaving, what a feast for the wild animals!!

I would like to be able to breathe— to be able to love her by memory or fidelity. But my heart aches. I love you continuously, intensely.

The current motto for all of us can only be this: without giving up anything on the plane of justice, yield nothing on the plane of freedom.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.