"I have been a good deal in the company of ghosts."

"The only thing that has been of real use to me is the study of the occult."

"I have been a student of the occult for many years, and I have found much truth in it."

"Talk to me of originality and, I will turn on you with rage. I am a crowd, I am a lonely man, I am nothing. Ancient salt is best packing."

"The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul."