Writing a journal means that facing your ocean you are afraid to swim across it, so you attempt to drink it drop by drop.
The publication of a book only brings very paltry results to its author.
I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent and almost indestructible one.
Celebrate within yourself that wonderful treasure . . . true kindness.
Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.
I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the illusion which the senses seek to create where love is only partial. I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being, or else live, come what may, a life of complete chastity.