When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

I said to myself, 'I want to die decently'.

Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.

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.

It is no longer possible to escape men. Farewell to the monsters, farewell to the saints. Farewell to pride. All that is left is men.

There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, "now what?

I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.