A couple who go on living together merely because that was how they began, without any other reason: was that what we were turning into?

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.

A foreign country can best be understood through its literature.

Many things would be changed for Americans if they would only admit that there is ill-luck in this world and that misfortune is not a priori a crime.

I realized that even if we went on talking till Judgment Day, I would still find the time all too short.

Marriage is a career which brings about more benefits than many others.

When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.