Living is a horizontal fall.

A little too much is just enough for me.

Alas! I do not believe that inspiration falls from heaven. think it rather the result of a profound indolence.

It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously. And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.