The purpose of a story is to be an axe that breaks up the ice within us.

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.

April 27. Incapable of living with people, of speaking. Complete immersion in myself, thinking of myself. Apathetic, witless, fearful. I have nothing to say to anyone - never.

Being alone has a power over me that never fails. My interior dissolves (for the time being only superficially) and is ready to release what lies deeper. When I am willfully alone, a slight ordering of my interior begins to take place and I need nothing more.

I am more uncertain than I ever was; I feel only the power of life. And I am senselessly empty.

He who does not answer the questions has passed the test.

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.