Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man.

I am walking like a bewitched corpse, with the certainty of being eaten by the infinite, of being annulled by the only existing Absurd.

You will observe that the stories told are all about money-seekers, not about money-finders.

Yes I now feel that it was then on that evening of sweet dreams- that the very first dawn of human love burst upon the icy night of my spirit. Since that period I have never seen nor heard your name without a shiver half of delight half of anxiety.

Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.

From a proud tower in the town, Death looks gigantically down.

I have great faith in fools,— self-confidence my friends will call it.