β I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape. β
β Donβt cry, Iβm sorry to have deceived you so much, but thatβs how life is. β
β I am fearless, and therefore powerful. β
β Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women? β
β Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know β
β Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? β
β I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it. β
β Do you know where the wicked go after death? β
β Actually thatβs my secret β I canβt even talk about you to anybody because I donβt want any more people to know how wonderful you are. β
β Will you love me in December as you do in May? β
β Hell is empty and all the devils are here! β
β Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear. β
β You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. β
β I have gone to the forest. β
β I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and thatβs why. β
β One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. β
β Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes. β
β If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. β
β The truth is rarely pure and never simple. β
β Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. β
β Some are born great, others achieve greatness. β
β I didnβt mean no harm. β
β My life has the tendency to fall apart when Iβm awake, you know? β
β If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear! β
β And now that you donβt have to be perfect, you can be good. β
β I want to ruin you β
β What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love. β
β To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths! β
β If I knew myself, Iβd run away. β