Written kisses never arrive at their destination; the ghosts drink them up along the way.

Torment yourself as little as possible, then you'll torment me less.

If all responsibility is imposed on you, then you may want to exploit the moment and want to be overwhelmed by the responsibility;yet if you try, you will notice that nothing was imposed on you, but that you are yourself this responsibility.

Writers speak stench.

Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one willl only in time come to hate. In this there is also a residue of belief that during the move the master will chance to come along the corridor, look at the prisoner and say: "This man is not to be locked up again, He is to come with me.