The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened.

I ask every thinking man to show me what remains of life.

A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.

Conceive a canvas for a lyrical or fairytale buffoonery, for a pantomime, and translate it into a serious novel. Drown everything in an abnormal and dreamy atmosphere, - in the atmosphere of the great days. - It must be something soothing, - even serene in its passion. - Regions of pure Poetry.

Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!

Eindelijk! De tirannie van het menselijk gelaat is verdwenen en ik zal alleen nog maar door mijzelf lijden.