Who learns most from a good book is the author.

Art is good but it isn't the best.

True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.

You need to have a God, a lover, and an enemy, says the poet. Exactly: you need to have three enemies.

Happiness is always a coincidence.

Theology is the logic of the Devil.

To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded.