After being hurt by the world so much, they began to see the demons within humans. So without hiding it through trickery, they worked to express it.

[...] Just because a person has a title doesn't make him an aristocrat. Some people are great aristocrats who have no other title than the one that nature has bestowed on them, and others like us, who have nothing but titles, are closer to being pariahs than aristocrats.

I have no desire for others to take it on themselves to analyze my thoughts. I am without thoughts. I have never, not even once, acted on the basis of any doctrine or philosophy.I am convinced that those people whom the world considers good and respects are all liars and fakes. I do not trust the world.

It isn't that I dislike artists, but I can't stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of character.

What is society but an individual? [...] The ocean is not society; it is individuals. This was how I managed to gain a modicum of freedom from my terror at the illusion of the ocean called the world.

I wonder if there is anyone who is not depraved. A wearisome thought.I want money. Unless I have it....In my sleep, a natural death!

I would far prefer to be told simply to go and die. It's straightforward. But people almost never say, "Die!" Paltry, prudent hypocrites!

Anyway, you can be sure of one thing, a man's got to fake just to stay alive.

Society won't stand for it.It's not society, You're the one who won't stand for it - right?If you do such a thing society will make you suffer for it.It's not society. It's you, isn't it?Before you know it, you'll be ostracized by society.It's not society. You're going to do the ostracizing, aren't you?