The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question.

Two people can form a community by excluding a third.

I never could bear the idea of anyone's expecting something from me. It always made me want to do just the opposite.

A pale reflection of myself wavers in my consciousness...and suddenly the “I” pales, pales, and fades out.

It is enough that one man hate another for hate to gain, little by little, all mankind.

In a country lacking leaders, in Africa, for instance, how could a native educated in Europe refuse to become a professor, even at the price of his literary vocation?

It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish.