For instance, if you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three. The closer it gets to four, the happier I'll feel. By four I'll be excited and worried; I'll discover what it costs to be happy! But if you come at any od time, I'll never know when I should prepare my heart... There must be rites.

You're not a man, you're a mushroom!

It is as a soldier that you make love and as a lover that you make war.

When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.

The first stars tremble as if shimmering in green water. Hours must pass before their glimmer hardens into the frozen glitter of diamonds. I shall have a long wait before I witness the soundless frolic of the shooting stars. In the profound darkness of certain nights I have seen the sky streaked with so many trailing sparks that it seemed to me a great gale must be blowing through the outer heavens.

For there is but one problem - the problem of human relations. We forget that there is no hope or joy except in human relations.

If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.