But the most wretched thing, is it not-is to drag out, as I do, a useless existence. If our pains were only of some use to someone, we should find consolation in the thought of the sacrifice.

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

I have patience in all things - as far as the antechamber.

You'll always have to deal with bastards, being lied to, deceived, slandered and ridiculed, but that's to be expected and you must thank heaven when you meet the exception.

Concern for morality makes every work of the imagination false and stupid.

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.

If you knew all the dreams I've dreamed!