“Facing death calmly is praiseworthy only if one faces it alone. Death together is no longer death, even for unbelievers. The source of sorrows lies not in leaving life, but in leaving that which gives it meaning. When love is our whole life, what difference is there between living together and dying together ?”

“Ce mot d'amour était sublime d'enfantillage. Et, quelles que soient les passions que j'éprouve dans la suite, jamais ne sera plus possible l'émotion adorable de voir une fille de dix-neuf ans pleurer parce qu'elle se trouve trop vieille.”

“Her hands clung to my neck; they would not have held me so fast in a shipwreck. And I did not understand whether she wanted me to save her or to drown with her.”

“Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else - and failing.”

“People are jostling at the gates of heaven or Department stores Words are bumping into each other("Poem")”

“Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.”

“Apart the lovers could neither live nor die, for it was life and death together..”