I have spent my life resisting the desire to end it.

All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained in the dog.

I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man.

there is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak

There was once a community of scoundrels, that is to say, they were not scoundrels, but ordinary people.

No one can crave what truly harms him.

It receives you when you come and dismisses you when you go.