Chance, my master and my friend, will, I feel sure, deign once again to send me the spirits of his unruly kingdom. All my trust is now in him- and in myself. But above all in him, for when I go under he always fishes me out, seizing and shaking me like a life-saving dog whose teeth tear my skin a little every time. So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.

When she raises her eyelids it's as if she were taking off all her clothes.

There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Writing only leads to more writing.

Time spent with a cat is never wasted.

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.