Remain true to the earth.

He who does not lie does not know what truth is.

What saved me then? Nothing but pregnancy. And each time after I had given birth to my work my life hung suspended by a thin thread.

I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself.

A woman does not want the truth; what is truth to women? From the beginning, nothing has been more alien, repugnant, and hostile to woman than the truth - her great art is the lie, her highest concern is mere appearance and beauty.

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.