Smell is important. It reminds a person of all the things he's been through; it is a sheath of memories and security.

There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for himself, but he must choose while there is still time and never change his mind.

All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.

She started thinking about all the euphemisms for death, all the anxious taboos that had always fascinated her. It was too bad you could never have an intelligent discussion on the subject. People were either too young or too old, or else they didn't have time.

It was a particularly good evening to begin a book.

There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.

All men have parties and are pals who never let each other down. A pal can say terrible things which are forgotten the next day. A pal never forgives, he just forgets, and a woman forgives but never forgets. That's how it is. That's why women aren't allowed to have parties. Being forgiven is very unpleasant.