One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

Sentences must stir in a book like leaves in a forest, each distinct from each despite their resemblance.

Madame Aubain's servant Felicite was the envy of the ladies of Pont-l'Eveque for half a century.

It's a delicious thing to write. To be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your own creating.