Every human occupation has it repertoire of stock phrases, within which every man twists and turn until his death. His vocabulary, which seems so lavish, reduces itself to a hundred routine formulas at most, which he repeats over and over.
Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-AdamMy own self-consciousness cries out to me coldly: how does one love zero?
Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-AdamI have come with this message: since our gods and our aspirations are no longer anything but scientific, why shouldn't our loves be so too?
Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-AdamIf our Gods and our hopes are nothing but scientific phenomena, then let us admit it must be said that our love is scientific as well.
Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam