This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.

Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

A vague uneasiness: the police. It's like when you suddenly understand you have to undress in front of the doctor.

It's perfectly obvious that somebody's responsible and somebody's innocent. Otherwise it [justice] makes no sense at all.

The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention.

Behind everything we feel, there is always a sense of fear.

Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Nature does not grant it any functions.