C'est avec de beaux sentiments qu'on fait de la mauvaise littérature. - André Gide

Up until then I had lived for myself or at least inside of myself. I had gotten married without imagining that my wife was anything more than a comrade, without realizing precisely that because of our union my life could be changed.

No estoy ni triste ni alegre; este aire de aquí te llena de una muy vaga exaltación y te hace conocer un estado que parece tan lejano de la alegría como de la pena; quizá esto sea la felicidad.

Nu ţin cu orice preţ să parvin, mi-a spus cu un zâmbet fermecător, dar ţin ca ideile pentru care lupt să izbîndească.