"Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state." — Cesare Pavese

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be.

Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.

Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body.

No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.