“pg 9, "The consciousness of life's unconsciousness is the oldest tax levied on the intelligence.”

“pg.9 "In my heart there's a peaceful anguish, and my calm is made of resignation.”

“Decadence is the total loss of unconsciousness, which is the very basis of life. Could it think, the heart would stop beating.”

“Let's absurdify life, from east to west.Let us play hide-and-seek with our consciousness of living.”

“All of this passes, and none of it means anything to me.It’s all foreign to my fate, and even to fate as a whole. It’sjust unconsciousness, curses of protest when chance hurlsstones, echoes of unknown voices – a collectivemishmash of life.”

“No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it”

“I had the same sensation as when we watch someone sleep. When asleep we all become children again. Perhaps because in the state of slumber we can do no wrong and are unconscious of life, the greatest criminal and most self- absorbed egotist are holy, by a natural magic, as long as they're sleeping. For me there's no discernible difference between killing a child and killing a sleeping man.”