I would stand transfixed before the windows of the confectioners' shops, fascinated by the luminous sparkle of candied fruits, the cloudy lustre of jellies, the kaleidoscope inflorescence of acidulated fruit drops - red, green, orange, violet: I coveted the colours themselves as much as the pleasure they promised me.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Man is a talking animal and he will always let himself be swayed by the power of the word. Machines won't change human nature.

At the moment of their emancipation, women have a need to write their own histories.

A life is such a strange object, at one moment translucent, at another utterly opaque, an object I make with my own hands, an object imposed on me, an object for which the world provides the raw material and then steals it from me again, pulverized by events, scattered, broken, scored yet retaining its unity; how heavy it is and how inconsistent: this contradiction breeds many misunderstandings.

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

What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in.