evil soon makes tools out of those who don't hate it.

A death is the most terrible of facts.

to be understood is not a human right. Even to understand oneself is not a human right.

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is.

A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance.

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.