“I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.”
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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.
