Never have I been able to settle in life. Always seated askew, as if on the arm of a chair; ready to get up, to leave.
Andre GideAt times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at the approach of old age my real youth will begin. My soul was born covered with wrinkles. Wrinkles my ancestors and parents most assiduously put there and that I had the greatest trouble removing.
Andre GideIn hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.
Andre GideThe most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be recognized.
Andre GideNo encounter occured that day, and I was glad of it; I took out of my pocket a little Homer I had not opened since leaving Marseilles, reread three lines of the Odyssey, learned them by heart; then, finding sufficient sustenance in their rhythm and reveling in them at leisure, I closed the book and remained, trembling, more alive than I had thought possible, my mind numb with happiness.
Andre Gide