Societies in decline have no use for visionaries.

We are going to the moon that is not very far. Man has so much farther to go within himself.

the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

[On Paris:] A city never entirely known, yet which gives you the feeling of intimacy, of possessing it intimately.

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.

I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.