Final perseverance is the doctrine that wins the eternal victory in small things as in great

So great was the noise during the day that I used to lie awake at night listening to silence.

Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.

Every communist has a fascist frown, every fascist a communist smile.

I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.

It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.

[My novel] took up the sweetest part of my mind and the rarest part of my imagination; it was like being in love and better. All day long when I was busy [...], I had my unfinished novel personified almost as a secret companion and accomplice following me like a shadow wherever I went, whatever I did.