we might also call vertigo the intoxication of the weak. aware of his weakness, a man decides to give in rather than stand up to it. he is drunk with weakness, wishes to grow even weaker, wishes to fall down in the middle of the main square in front of everybody, wishes to be down, lower than down.

Extremism means borders beyond which life ends, and a passion for extremism, in art and in politics, is a veiled longing for death.

The source of anxiety lies in the future. If you can keep the future out of mind, you can forget your worries.

Sensuality is the total mobilization of the senses: an individual observes his partner intently, straining to catch every sound.

Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors.

We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold.

When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.