It all seemed a hollow sham now - that strict code, that conscientious virtue that condemned her to the sterile joys of pious women! No, no, she'd had enough of that; she wanted to live!

They talked so, with secret hearts, without needing words, talking of other things... They could have suddenly continued their confessions aloud, without ceasing to understand each other.

When sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they will say I have let them down.

When you have a sorrow that is too great it leaves no room for any other.

Let us eat, drink and satisfy our coarse appetites, but let us keep our souls sacred and apart.

A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground.

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.