"I am dirty, Milena, endlessly dirty, which is why I make such a fuss about cleanliness. My poor, dear Milena, you are only a woman, you are not a man, you do not understand that for a man there is alw…"

"I suffer from myself."

"The only way to cope with life is to abandon yourself to it completely."

"I have had a great deal of experience with people, and I have found that they are all the same, only in different ways."

"I am dirty, Felice, I am filthy, and I have to confess it to you. I have written to you so many lies, and have hidden away so much from you."