An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

Liberty is the right not to lie.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

If the descent is thus sometimes performed in sorrow, it can also take place in joy.

There was a time when I didn’t at any minute have the slightest idea how I could reach the next one. Yes, one can wage war in this world, ape love, torture one’s fellow man, or merely say evil of one’s neighbour while knitting. But, in certain cases, carrying on, merely continuing, is superhuman.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.

He seemed so certain about everything, didn't he? And yet none of his certainties was worth one hair of a woman's head. He wasn't even sure he was alive, because he was living like a dead man.