“Even after making up one's mind to the sacrifices Ihad decided upon, there is always left a trace of envyfor those who have triumphed in the melancholystruggle for literary supremacy”

“It is vain to try to sacrifice once for all one'syouthful ideals.”

“One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived.”

“At certain moments, words are nothing; it is thetone in which they are uttered.”

“Flirting is the sin of the virtuous and the virtue of thesinful.”

“Il faut vivre comme on pense, sans quoi l'on finira par penser comme on a vécu.”

“Launching a turnaround takes courage. I cannot measure that and so it is not going to be included in my analysis, but behind the moments of change there are always a few people within these societies who have decided to try to make a difference.”