Quotes by writer

"Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life... but what is that something?"

"Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself, thou fillest us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses."

"It is not a question of living dangerously. That formula is too arrogant, too presumptuous. I don't care much for bull-fighters. It's not the danger I love. I know what I love. It is life itself."

"Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what?"

"But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference."

"Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for granted that to create a tree I condemn a seed to rot. If the first act of resistance comes too late it is doomed to defeat. But it is, nevertheless, the awakening of resistance. Life may grow from it as from a seed."

"To live is to be slowly born."

"One cannot build life from refrigerators, politics, credit statements and crossword puzzles. That is impossible. Nor can one exist for any length of time without poetry, without color, without love."

"Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas."

"If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts."