They came to know the incorrigible sorrow of all prisoners and exiles, which is to live in company with a memory that serves no purpose.

Sometimes, from beyond the skycrapers, the cry of a tugboat finds you in your insomnia, and you remember that this desert of iron and cement is an island.

We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity.

Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes.

Je puis nier une chose sans me croire obligé de la salir ou de retirer aux autres le droit d'y croire.

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.

There can be no true goodness, nor true love, without the utmost clear-sightedness.