But when the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong enough to leave.

Merely by being born intelligent, you right away find yourself in absolute exile.

A man able to think isn't defeated - even when he is defeated.

Yes, it's a well-known fact about you: you're like death, you take everything.

Yes, it's crazy. Love is either crazy or it's nothing at all.

In the mind of a woman for whom no place is home the thought of an end to all flight is unbearable.

If hatred strikes you, if you get accused, thrown to the lions, you can expect one of two reactions from people who know you: some of them will join in the kill, the others will discreetly pretend to know nothing, hear nothing, so you can go right on seeing them and talking to them. That second category, discreet and tactful, those are your friends. 'Friends' in the modern sense of the term. Listen, Jean-Marc, I've known that forever.