To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.

We are nearly all composed of such a complex mixture of human qualities that in each one of us reside both masculine and feminine principles: what man is without any female attribute and what woman never demonstrates any masculine characteristics?

Avoid that romantic trap: saying more than you feel, forcing yourself to feel more than you've said!

I love the love of those who are far enough away, it becomes whatever I wish to believe it.

I am not a bibliophile but a humanophile: I look for rare human beings.

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.

To think about and prepare for war is boring, boring for everyone. It's being locked in barracks.