If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one.

If pimps and thieves everywhere were always punished, honest people would all believe themselves always to be innocent.

In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon.

She was wearing a pair of my pajamas with the sleeves rolled up. When she laughed I wanted her again. A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn't mean anything but that I didn't think so. She looked sad. But as we were fixing lunch, and for no apparent reason, she laughed in such a way that I kissed her.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

No matter how the sun shone, the sea held forth no more promises.

I sometimes need to write things which I cannot completely control but which therefore prove that what is in me is stronger than I am.