it is true that nothing is gained without something being lost: everyone knows that in fulfilling oneself one necessarily sacrifices some possibilities.

I would certainly like to see some young women take up psychoanalysis seriously and reconstruct it from an absolutely new viewpoint.

‎A day in which I don't write leaves a taste of ashes.

A Darwinian nation of economic fitness abhors idleness, dependence, non-productivity.

For years I thought my work still lay ahead, and now I find it is behind me: there was no moment when it took place.

Indeed, there is nothing more arbitrary than intervening as a stranger in a destiny which is not ours.

Buying is a profound pleasure.