If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.

I do not understand those who spend hours at the theater watching scenes between people whom they would not listen to for five minutes in real life.

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

albinos aren't reproached for having pink eyes and whitish hair, why should they hold it again me for being a lesbian? It's a question of nature: my queerness isn't a vice, isn't 'deliberate,' and harms no one.

It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it.

All expression, all art, is an indiscretion we commit against ourselves. This is not an 'impoverishment' but an increase in wealth, for it is in this way that we make the short hours of our lives live on beyond themselves.

A good book is never exhausted; we are never exhausted by a good book.