The garden was still asleep. I caught it unawares. A garden that hasn't yet begun to think about people. Beautiful.
Comprendre... Vous n'avez que ce mot-là à la bouche, tous, depuis que je suis toute petite. Il fallait comprendre qu'on ne peut pas toucher à l'eau, à la belle eau fuyante et froide parce que cela mou...
Il y a l'amour...
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.
To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.
You disgust me, all of you, with your happiness! With your life that must be loved at all costs. […] I spit on your idea of life! […] You are all like dogs that lick everything they smell! […] I do no...
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.
Si nous ne nous conduisons pas tout à fait bien, c’est parce qu’il nous reste, à tous, une vague petite notion de devoir au fond de notre désordre qui fait que nous n’avons pas le courage de nous cond...
L'humain vous gêne aux entournures dans la famille. Il vous faut un tête-à-tête avec le destin et la mort. Et tuer votre père et coucher avec votre mère et apprendre tout cela après, avidement, mot pa...
A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.
Things are beautiful if you love them.
Saintliness is also a temptation.
Nothing is irreparable in politics.
Each of us has a day ... when he has to accept finally the fact that he is a man.
Love is above all else the gift of oneself.
Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.
God! Is there anything uglier than a frightened man!
Talent is a faucet. When it is on, one must write. Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.
We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down.
Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.