A library implies an act of faith.

The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial.

A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.

Ma vie est une énigme dont ton nom est le mot. (My life is an enigma, of which your name is the word.)

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

Reality in strong doses frightens.

Woe, alas, to those who have loved only bodies, forms, appearances! Death will rob them of everything. Try to love souls, you will find them again.