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.

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

Killing time is the chief end of our society.

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.

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

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

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