I should wish [Alain Robbe-Grillet] to realize that Guinea exists.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

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

Let it crumble! Let the rocks revile me and flowers wilt at my coming. Your whole universe is not enough to prove me wrong. You are the king of gods, king of stones and stars, king of the waves of the sea. But you are not the king of man.

If a Jew is fascinated by Christians it is not because of their virtues, which he values little, but because they represent anonymity, humanity without race.

So that is what hell is. I would never have believed it. You remember: the fire and brimstone, the torture. Ah! the farce. There is no need for torture: Hell is other people.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.