Parce que ma bouche se tait, pensez-vous que mon coeur se repose? - André Gide

How happy Ménalque is, I thought, since he has nothing! As for me, I am suffering because I want to conserve things. What importance is all this in the end?

You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.

Connais toi-même. Maxime aussi pernicieuse que laide. Quiconque s'observe arrête son développement. La chenille qui chercherait à «bien se connaître» ne deviendrait jamais papillon.