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

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.

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

Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character.

Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.

A long association-prolonged human contact, when a man and woman live together-this ends up producing a sort of rot, a poison.