We must allow ourselves to think, we must dare to think, even though we fail. It is in the nature of things that we always fail, because we suddenly find it impossible to order our thoughts, because the process of thinking requires us to consider every thought there is, every possible thought. Fundamentally we have always failed, like all the others, whoever they were, even the greatest minds. At some point, they suddenly failed and their system collapsed, as is proved by their writings, which we admire because they venture farthest into failure. To think is to fail, I thought.

The only friends I have are the dead who have bequeathed their writings to me — I have no others.

What is ridiculous about human beings, Doctor,' the prince said, 'is actually their total incapacity to be ridiculous

The anger and the brutality against everything can readily from one hour to the next be transformed into its opposite.

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A criminal is undoubtedly a poor soul, who is punished for his poverty.

You are never truly together with one you love until the person in question is dead and actually inside you.