There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

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

When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted.

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

I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on.