We know well enough when we're being unjust and despicable. but we don't restrain ourselves because we experience a certain pleasure, a primitive sort of satisfaction in moments like that.

Every tiny part of us cries out against the idea of dying, and hopes to live forever.

When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.

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

All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name.

To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises.

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