Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid. Votes: 18
Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else. Votes: 12
There is no forgiveness in nature. Votes: 9
'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else. Votes: 9
Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else. Votes: 8
Thought itself needs words. It runs on them like a long wire. And if it loses the habit of words, little by little it becomes shapeless, somber. Votes: 7
Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Nature does not grant it any functions. Votes: 6
Killing time is the chief end of our society. Votes: 6
I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on. Votes: 5
All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name. Votes: 5
There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely. Votes: 5
All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name. Votes: 3
Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead. Votes: 3
The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way. Votes: 3
A long association-prolonged human contact, when a man and woman live together-this ends up producing a sort of rot, a poison. Votes: 3
A vague uneasiness: the police. It's like when you suddenly understand you have to undress in front of the doctor. Votes: 3
Behind everything we feel, there is always a sense of fear. Votes: 3
Justice! Custodian of the world! But since the world errs, justice must be custodian of the world's errors. Votes: 3
We play make believe, pretend to take ourselves and each other seriously--to love each other, hate each other--but then--it isn't true. It isn't true, we don't care at all! Votes: 2
This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it. Votes: 2
At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. Votes: 0
At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing. Votes: 0
Each of us is the only person who can give the other what each of us wants to have: Peace. Votes: 0
Every tiny part of us cries out against the idea of dying, and hopes to live forever. Votes: 0
Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character. Votes: 0
If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame. Votes: 0
Is not man himself the most unsettled of all the creatures of the earth? What is this trembling sensation that is intensified with each ascending step in the natural order? Votes: 0
It so difficult to know what the people we love really need. Votes: 0
It's perfectly obvious that somebody's responsible and somebody's innocent. Otherwise it [justice] makes no sense at all. Votes: 0
Nobody is bound by any obligation unless it has first been freely accepted. Votes: 0
The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention. Votes: 0
To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises. Votes: 0
We cannot bear to regard ourselves simply as playthings of blind chance, we cannot admit to feeling ourselves abandoned. Votes: 0
We know well enough when we're being unjust and despicable. but we don't restrain ourselves because we experience a certain pleasure, a primitive sort of satisfaction in moments like that. Votes: 0
When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other. Votes: 0
When you put a man and a woman together, there are some things they simply have to do. They embrace, they warm each other. All the rest is dead and empty. Votes: 0
When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it. Votes: 0