What is a rebel? A man who says no.

One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice.

In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.

Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.

I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.

Life is the sum of your choices.

...the play of the toughest and most lucid mind are at the same time both lavished andsquandered.