“(it was) beautiful, like so many senseless things.”

“I did not want to be taken for a fool the typical French reason for performing the worst of deeds without remorse.”

“For with dandies, a joke is the only way of making yourself respected.”

“Night, which in Autumn seems to fall from the sky so suddenly, chilled us...”

“Dandies, who as you know - scorn all emotions as being beneath them, and do not believe, like that simpleton Goethe, that astonishment can ever be a proper feeling for the human mind.”

“I did not want to be taken for a fool – the typical French reason for performing the worst of deeds without remorse.”

“Hatred would have been easier. With hatred, I would have known what to do. Hatred is clear, metallic, one-handed, unwavering; unlike love.”

“Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advoc...”

“Before you hate something you should try to understand it.”