Every achievement is a servitude. It compels us to a higher... - Albert Camus

"The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself."

"You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them."

"What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly."

"The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding."

"It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway."