"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

"We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes, our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to transform them in ourselves and in others."

"The only way to deal with this world is to refuse to be reasonable."

"There are times when the world is so dry and empty that one has to invent a reason to live."

"Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object."