This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.

And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

When you aren’t sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that’s the basic principle of every faith.

I gave up the unequal struggle against what appeared to be in my fate, indeed, I welcomed it with more affection. As one embraces a foe one can’t defeat and I felt liberated.

An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one’s heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not be true; a certain evil, on the other hand, instills, for...

The dark realization came to him that a difficult and miserable age had begun for him, and he couldn’t imagine when it would end. [Puberty]