“You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.”

“To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.”

“A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.”

“Weakness' is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.”

“A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself. ”

“What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?”

“In a way, literature is true than life,' he said to himself. 'On paper, you say exactly and completely what you feel. How easy it is to break things off on paper! You hate, you shout, you kill, you commit suicide; you carry things to the very end. And that's why it's false. But it's damned satisfying. In life, you're constantly denying yourself, and others are always contradicting you. On paper, I make time stand still and I impose my convictions on the whole world; they become the only reality.”