“I think human beings matter more than stones. (Signor Richetti)”

“There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.”

“Elephants can remember, but we are human beings and mercifully human beings can forget.”

“What alchemy there was in human beings.”

“I believe the present matters --- not the past! The past must go. If we seek to keep the past alive, we end, I think, by distorting it. We see it in exaggerated terms --- a false perspective.”

“In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth!”

“Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.”