“We are not certain, we are never certain.”

“We call love what binds us to certain creatures only by reference to a collective way of seeing for which books and legends are responsible.”

“Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.”

“To feel one’s attachment to a certain region, one’s love for acertain group of men, to know that there is always a spot whereone’s heart will feel at peace these are many certainties for a singlehuman life. And yet this is not enough. But at certain momentseverything yearns for that spiritual home”

“At a certain level of suffering or injustice no one can do anything for anyone. Pain is solitary.”

“If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to possess it.”

“Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.”