Ben o kendi canına kıyanların türünden bir kişi değilim, öyle durup dururken ve ölüm bir başka yerde meşgulken; ilginç değildim, bir toplu kıyım ve b… - Romain Gary

В такива случаи, господине, човек няма низостта да остане жив. Елегантно избира да си пусне един куршум в главата.

Starzy mają taką samą wartość jak wszyscy, nawet jak się zmniejszają. Czują tak samo jak wy i ja i czasami nawet jeszcze bardziej przez to cierpią, bo już nie mogą sobie dać rady. Atakuje ich natura, która potrafi być wstrętna małpa i wykańcza ich na wolnym ogniu.

I sat day after day in my little room, waiting for inspiration to visit me, trying to invent a pseudonym that would express, in a combination of noble and striking sounds, our dream of artistic achievement, a pen name grand enough to compensate for my own feeling of insecurity and helplessness at the idea of everything my mother expected from me.