There Is So Much Stubborn Hope In

It Is In The Thick Of Calamity That One Gets Hardened To The Truth - In Other Words, To Silence.

I Know Myself Too Well To Believe In Pure Virtue.

Don't Wait For The Last Judgment - It Takes Place Every Day.

From The Moment Absurdity Is Recognized, It Becomes A Passion, The Most Harrowing Of All. But Whether Or Not One Can Live With One's Passions, Whether Or Not One Can Accept Their Law, Which Is To Burn The Heart They Simultaneously Exalt - That Is The Whole Question.

To Write Is To Become Disinterested. There Is A Certain Renunciation In Art.