I cannot contribute anything to this world because I only have one method: agony.

I live only because it is in my power to die when I choose to: without the idea of suicide, I'd have killed myself right away.

Between the demand to be clear,and the temptation to be obscure, impossible to decide which deserves more respect.

Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty.

No one can keep his griefs in their prime; they use themselves up.

We rightly scorn those who have no made use of their defects, who have not exploited their deficiencies, and have not been enriched by their losses, as we despise any man who does not suffer at being a man or simply at being. Hence no graver insult can be inflicted than to call someone 'happy', no greater flattery than to grant him a 'vein of melancholy'... This is because gaiety is link to no important action and because, except for the mad, no one laughs when he is alone.

When people come to me saying they want to kill themselves, I tell them, "What’s your rush? You can kill yourself any time you like. So calm down. Suicide is a positive act." And they do calm down.