“A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle.”

“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”

“The artistic life is a long, lovely suicide.”

“The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet’s dream: it is a most depressing and humiliating reality.”

“I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much”

“I hope it did not end happily? I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much.”

“I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.”