“Zombies, believe me, are more terrifying than colonists.”

“The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves.”

“We believe that an individual must endeavor to assume the universalism inherent in the human condition.”

“Today I believe in the possibility of love; that is why I endeavor to trace its imperfections, its perversions.”

“At first glance it seems strange that the attitude of the anti-Semite can be equated with that of the negrophobe. It was my philosophy teacher from the Antilles who reminded me one day: “When you hear someone insulting the Jews pay attention; he is talking about you.” And I believed at the time he was universally right, meaning that I was responsible in my body and my soul for the fate reserved for my brother. Since then, I have understood that what he meant quite simply was the anti-Semite is inevitably a negrophobe.”

“When people like me, they like me "in spite of my color." When they dislike me; they point out that it isn't because of my color. Either way, I am locked in to the infernal circle.”

“O my body, make of me always a man who questions!”