“Spiders’ teeth are not so long as a torment that cannot be avowed.”

“Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears.”

“La vie? Un rien l'amène, un rien l'anime, un rien la mine, un rien l'emmène.”

“The really inspired person is never inspired: he's always inspired: he doesn't go looking for inspiration and he doesn't get up in arms about artistic technique.”

“One must see everything.”

“Pour la première fois, en buvant des cerisesà l'eau-de-vi', je me saoûlai. C'était aux Andelys, je crois, et ma famille me regardait fort amusée. Elle ne pensait pas qu'un jour mes fortes cuites la feraient un peu déchanter”

“When one made love to zerospheres embraced their archesand prime numbers caught their breath...”