To understand one's world, one must sometimes turn away from it! To serve better, one must briefly hold it at a distance. Where can the necessary solitude be found, the long breathing space in which mind gathers its strength and takes stock of its courage.

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

What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly.

The harshest winter finds an invincible summer in us.

Their guilt made me eloquent because I was not its victim.

To create today is to create dangerously. Any publication is an act, and that act exposes one to the passions of an age that forgives nothing.

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