"I am afraid of all the things that are not yet. I am afraid of the future."

"I am dirty, Felice, I am filthy, and I have to confess it to you. I have written to you so many lies, and have hidden away so much from you."

"Don't bend; don't water it; don't amend it. Let my soul gravitate to another."

"I have been so completely absorbed by my work, by my literature, that I have not been able to live, to live with people, to live with the world, to live with myself."

"Anyone who cannot cope with life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins."