I cannot concentrate all my friendship on any single one of my friends because no one is complete enough in himself.

I palliate the sufferings of others. yes I see myself as softening the blows, dissolving acids, neutralizing poisons, every moment of the day. I try to fulfill the wishes of others, to perform miracles. I exert myself performing miracles.

The period without the diary remains an ordeal. Every evening I want my diary as one wants opium.

The one who travels like a lover searching for a new passion is suddenly blessed with new eyes, new ears, new senses.

You are the only woman who ever answered the demands of my imagination.

destruction is ultimately self-destruction.

The child who is uprooted begins to recognize that what he builds within himself is what will endure, what will withstand shattering experiences.