I felt the urge to reassure him that I was like everybody else, just like everybody else.

I do not want to found anything on the incomprehensible. I want to know whether I can live with what I know and with that alone.

The urge to revolt is one of the essential dimensions of human nature.

The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer.

Integrity needs no rules.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.