That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

The recent experiences of pocketbooks prove this. I have changed my public since my works have been published in a smaller format.

Two people can form a community by excluding a third.

What I lacked [in La Nausee] was a sense of reality. I have changed since. I have slowly learned to experience reality.

Man is abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no aim but what he sets himself.

I have changed as everyone changes: within a permanency.

You see, I'm fond of teasing, it's a second nature with me—and I'm used to teasing myself. Plaguing myself, if you prefer; I don't tease nicely.