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

Is not man himself the most unsettled of all the creatures of the earth? What is this trembling sensation that is intensified with each ascending step in the natural order?

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

At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist.

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

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

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