I took everything as seriously as if I were immortal.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

Man is condemned to be free

Everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living through weakness, and dies by accident

I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.

One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.