Somewhere in the shadow cast by every famous man is a feminine victim.

If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.

How describe the delicate thing that happens when a brilliant insect alights on a flower? Words, with their weight, fall upon the picture like birds of prey.

In literature, there are only oxen. The biggest ones are the geniuses-the ones who toil eighteen hours a day without tiring.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it.