Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?

There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.

What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has felt, if only for a second, the infinity of delight?

And over your unconsecrated head you'll hear the howling wolves lament their fate and yours the livelong year.

All the visible universe is nothing but a shop of images and signs.

You are sitting and smoking; you believe that you are sitting in your pipe, and that your pipe is smoking you; you are exhaling yourself in bluish clouds. You feel just fine in this position, and only one thing gives you worry or concern: how will you ever be able to get out of your pipe?

Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.