Don't let the cat out or the concierge in: this is the first principle of socialist ladies.

But the world, in its present state, is no place for princesses.

or the first time in my life I understood the meaning of the word never. And it's really awful. You say the word a hundred times a day but you don't really know what you're saying until you're faced with a real "never again."

To the rich, therefore, falls the burden of Beauty. And if they cannot assume it, then they deserve to die.

People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd.

The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don't love you.

..if you dread tomorrow, it's because you don't know how to build the present, you tell yourself you can deal with it tomorrow, and it's a lost cause anyway because tomorrow always ends up becoming today, don't you see?