Nobody knew my rose of the world but me... I had too much glory. They don't want glory like that in nobody's heart

I'm not in sympathy with Communism except for populations which are in a state of peasantry, actually hungry and starving. The ideal state for me is some form of Socialism, which doesn't yet exist, as far as I know, which doesn't repress the arts, or any race. Consequently I'm not a political person ... except that I'm a revolutionary.

I think time is a merciless thing. I think life is a process of burning oneself out and time is the fire that burns you.

Val: Why do you go out there? Sandra: Because dead people give such good advice. Val: What advice do they give? Sandra: Just one word- live!

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in the same cage, and so we've grown used to each other. That's what passes for love at this dim, shadowy end of the Camino Real.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.