"What do you want to do with the [Communist] Party? A racing stable? What good is it to sharpen a knife every day if you never use it for slicing? A party is never more than a means. There is only one …"

"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."

"Once they have slept together they will have to find something else to veil the enormous absurdity of their existence."

"Violence is good for those who have nothing to lose."

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."