Desigur, trebuie să ai o anumită experienţă a vieţii pentru a înţelege că nu poţi nădăjdui să obţii lucrurile pe care le doreşti decît riscîndu-le pe… - André Gide

Yet I'm sure there's something more to be read in a man. People dare not — they dare not turn the page. The laws of mimicry — I call them the laws of fear. People are afraid to find themselves alone, and don't find themselves at all. I hate this moral agoraphobia — it's the worst kind of cowardice. You can't create something without being alone. But who's trying to create here? What seems different in yourself: that's the one rare thing you possess, the one thing which gives each of us his worth; and that's just what we try to suppress. We imitate. And we claim to love life.

Je voudrais mourir à présent, vite, avant d'avoir compris de nouveau que je suis seule.

The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them.