He had been bored, that's all, bored like most people. Hence he had made himself out of whole cloth a life full of complications and drama. Something must happen - and that explains most human commitments. Something must happen, even loveless slavery, even war or death. Hurray then for funerals!

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead.

I knew a pure heart who refused tot be mistrustful.... He had written at his doorstep: "From wherever you are, enter and be welcome". Who do you think responded to this lovely invitation? The militia, who made themselves at home and gutted him.

The main thing is that everything become simple, easy enough for a child to understand.

Likewise and during every day of an unillustrious life, time carries us. But a moment always comes when we have to carry it.

There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.

Germany collapsed as a result of having engaged in a struggle for empire with the concepts of provincial politics.