The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions.

It is always sad to leave a place to which one knows one will never return. Such are the melancolies du voyage: perhaps they are one of the most rewarding things about traveling.

That man has missed something who has never left a brothel at sunrise feeling like throwing himself into the river out of pure disgust.

It seems to me... that I have always lived! I possess memories that go back to the Pharoahs. I see myself very clearly at different ages of history, practicing different professions... My present personality is the result of my lost [past] personalities.

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family.