Through the lack of attaching myself to words, my thoughts remain nebulous most of the time. They sketch vague, pleasant shapes and then are swallowed up; I forget them almost immediately.

The coward makes himself cowardly, the hero makes himself heroic.

When the rich [and politically powerful] make war, it's the poor [and politically weak] who die.

Take [Stéphane] Mallarme. I hold him to be the greatest of French poets, and I have taken some time to understand him !

Through the lack of attaching myself to words, my thoughts remain nebulous most of the time. They sketch vague, pleasant shapes and then are swallowed up; I forget them almost immediately.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

It is always more valuable to report the truth.