Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.

The Sahara was a spectacle as alive as the sea. The tints of the dunes changed according to the time of day and the angle of the light: golden as apricots from far off, when we drove close to them they turned to freshly made butter; behind us they grew pink; from sand to rock, the materials of which the desert was made varied as much as its tints.

The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.

Writing is a trade ... which is learned by writing.

You can't address yourself to women by speaking a language which no average woman will understand. In my opinion, it's wrong.

It is not mere chance that makes families speak of a child who is 'extraordinary for his age' and also of an old man who is 'extraordinary for his age'; the extraordinariness lies in their behaving like human beings when they are either not yet or no longer men.

I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.