The presence of a friend who is far away can sometimes feel denser than his physical presence in a room.

One only ever understands what one tames. People no longer have the time to understand anything. They buy everything ready-made from the shops. But there is no shop where friends can be bought, so people no longer have friends.

In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing.

I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons...

He who would travel happily must travel light.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

And were you very, very sad on the day you watched fourty-four sunsets?