A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.

When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised

Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.

I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful.

Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.

[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques.