God is necessary, and therefore must exist...But I know that he does not and cannot exist...Don't you understand that a man with these two thoughts cannot go on living?

When . . . in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests?

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

Yet, I didn't understand that she was intentionally disguising her feelings with sarcasm; that was usually the last resort of people who are timid and chaste of heart, whose souls have been coarsely and impudently invaded; and who, until the last moment, refuse to yield out of pride and are afraid to express their own feelings to you.

Everything will come in due course, if you have the gumption to wait for it.