"Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious ..." — Andre Gide

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.