Not every woman is a prostitute, but prostitution is the natural apotheosis of the feminine attitude.

[F]or academic men to be happy, the universe would have to take shape. All of philosophy has no other goal: it is a matter of giving a frock coat to what is, a mathematical frock coat. On the other hand, affirming that the universe resembles nothing and is only formless amounts to saying that the universe is something like a spider or spit.

If I want to realize totality in my consciousness, I have to relate myself to an immense, ludicrous, and painful convulsion of all of humanity.

The circumstances of my life are paralyzing.

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit; to become delightful, happiness must be tainted with poison.

Literature ... is the rediscovery of childhood.

How cruel my suffering is,—no one is more talkative than I am!