There is something haunting in the light of the moon.

The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas.

You must squeeze out of yourself every sensation, every thought, every image, - mercilessly, without reserve and without remorse: you must search the darkest corners of your heart, the most remote recesses of your brain, - you must search them for the image, for the glamour, for the right expression. And you must do it sincerely, at any cost: you must do it so that at the end of your day's work you should feel exhausted, emptied of every sensation and every thought, with a blank mind and an aching heart, with the notion that there is nothing, - nothing left in you.

Necessity, they say, is mother of invention, but fear, too, is not barren of ingenious suggestions.

Never test another man by your own weakness.

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They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.