"What is the 'I'? A man at a window sees the passers-by; if I pass by, can I say that he saw me? No; for he did not think of me in particular. But if he loves someone, and I am that someone, then he lo…"

"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish the desire to possess."

"The last act is bloody, however fine the rest of the play."

"Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed."

"The self is hateful."