Harmony between two individuals is never granted-it has to be conquered indefinitely.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

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.

If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more luck.

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

She was not to look beyond herself for the meaning of her life.

The emancipation of women must be the work of women themselves, independent of the class struggle.