I am alone in the midst of these happy, reasonable voices. All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other. In Heaven's name, why is it so important to think the same things all together.

It's just what people do when they're getting old, when they're sick of themselves and their life; they think of money and take care of themselves.

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.

As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.

Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them.

To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head

I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.