All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

One loses the capacity to grieve as a child grieves, or to rage as a child rages: hotly, despairingly, with tears of passion. One grows up, one becomes civilized, one learns one's manners, and consequently can no longer manage these two functions - sorrow and anger - adequately.

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.