We are all deep in a hell each moment of which is a miracle.

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other.

No human beings are more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.

It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.