At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

In Oran, as elsewhere, for want of time and thought, people have to love one another without knowing it.

I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I always think it's mine

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Then we understand that rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love. Those who find no rest in God or in history are condemned to live for those who, like themselves, cannot live; in fact, for the humiliated.

Old married people look so much alike that they have the same number of hairs in their ears.

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