And indeed it could be said that once the faintest stirring of hope became possible, the dominion of plague was ended.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other.

I have no friends, I only have accomplices now. On the other hand, my accomplices are more numerous than my friends: they are the human race.

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!!

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself, hence it remains the favorite pastime of the great lovers of their own person.

I lived with the only continuity, day to day, of the me-me-me.