A work settles nothing, just as the labor of a whole generation settles nothing. Sons, and the morrow, always start afresh.
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries.
There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
We never remember days, only moments.
The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.