You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the earth, there is something that belongs to you, waiting for you when you are not there.

The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.

To know the world, one must construct it

There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.

To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defense against that hardship. This is what is meant by accepting suffering. Those who, by their very nature, can suffer completely, utterly, have an advantage. That is how we can disarm the power of suffering, make it our own creation, our own choice; submit to it. A justification for suicide.

One must look for one thing only, to find many.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.