A loveless world is a dead world.

Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.

Finally, and most of all, words failed him.

After a short silence the doctor raised himself a little in his chair and asked if Tarrou had an idea of the path to follow for attaining peace. "Yes, he replied. "The path of sympathy.

I lived with the only continuity, day to day, of the me-me-me.

For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering

We're going forward, but nothing changes.