Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.

Sometimes I'm haunted by the thought that we have only one life and that we live it provisionally, waiting in vain for the day when real life will begin. And so life passes by.

No one can ever write about anything that happened to him after he was twelve years old.

To grow up requires a whole life but to become old one night is enough.

An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.

The State always stands for swindling, intrigue, and privilege, and cannot stand for anything else.