“In any case, the one man paved the way for the deeds of the other, in a sense foreshadowed and even legitimized by them.”

“There was a time when I didn’t at any minute have the slightest idea how I could reach the next one. Yes, one can wage war in this world, ape love, torture one’s fellow man, or merely say evil of one’s neighbour while knitting. But, in certain cases, carrying on, merely continuing, is superhuman.”

“I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.”

“A practical rule: a man which is wise in one area may be silly in others.”

“On my way out I was even going to shake his hand, but I remembered just in time that I'd killed a man.”

“In order to cease being a doubtful case, one has to cease being, that's all.”

“At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.”