Being for every man the touchstone of faith and love, the Eucharist, like on the Cross, divided the minds as soon as it was announced... Nothing engages a man as much as does the Eucharist

Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.

Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty.

A writer is essentially a man who does not resign himself to loneliness.

Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.

Let us be wary of ready-made ideas about cowardice and courage: the same burden weighs infinitely more heavily on some shoulders than on others.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.