“There is an angel inside me whom I am constantly shocking.”

“I am a lie that always speaks the truth.”

“I am burning myself up and will always do so.”

“A man's truest self realizations might require him, above all, to learn to close his eyes: to let himself be taken unawares, to follow his dark angel, to risk his illegal instincts.”

“I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love”

“In two weeks, despite these notes, I shall no longer believe in what I am experiencing now. One must leave behind a trace of this journey which memory forgets. One must, when this is impossible, write or draw without responding to the romantic solicitations of pain, without enjoying suffering like music, tieing a pen to one's foot if need be, helping the doctors who can learn nothing from laziness.”

“A little too much is just enough for me.”