The literary man? An indiscreet man, who devaluates his miseries, divulges them, tells them like so many beads: immodesty-the sideshow of second thoughts-is his rule; he offers himself.

The true hero fights and dies in the name of his destiny, and not in the name of a belief.

Normal people have nothing to forget.

A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.

Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers.

No one should forget: Eros alone can fulfill life; knowledge, never. Only Eros makes sense; knowledge is empty infinity; – for thoughts, there is always time; life has its time; there is no thought that comes too late; any desire can become a regret.

We must suffer to the end, to the moment when we stop believing in suffering.