“I am never bored; to be bored is an insult to one's self.”

“At the bottom of all patriotism there is war: that is why I am no patriot.”

“When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.”

“The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.”

“The peasant is the only species of human being who doesn't like the country and never looks at it.”

“There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.”

“If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.”