“Something more terrible than a hell where one suffers may be imagined, and that is a hell where one is bored.”

“There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom. ”

“It is possible to conceive of something even more terrible than a hell of suffering, and that is a hell of boredom.”

“A room where one merely goes to bed costs twenty sous but a room where one retires may cost twenty francs.”

“If we wish to be happy, monsieur, we must never comprehend duty; for, as soon as we comprehend it, it is implacable. One would say that it punishes you for comprehending it; but no, it rewards you for it; for it puts you into a hell where you feel God at your side.”

“An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.”

“And there's a woman dressed in white, who's nice to hear, and soft to touch, and she whispers, 'Colette, I love you very much' I have a place where no one is ost, and where no one cries, because crying is not aloud, on my Castle In the Clouds”