Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined. Society has but little connection with such beginnings. The worm is in man's heart. That is where it must be sought. One must follow and understand this fatal game that leads from lucidity in the face of existence to flight from light.

I have not stopped loving that which is sacred in this world.

Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible.

It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times when courage is not its own recompense. It is this, doubtless, which explains why so many, the world over, feel the Spanish drama as a personal tragedy.

The harshest winter finds an invincible summer in us.