“Fuck! Is one expected to be a gentleman when one is stiff?”

“The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.”

“To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.”

“There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.”

“Anything beyond the limits and grasp of the human mind is either illusion or futility; and because your god having to be one or the other of the two, in the first instance I should be mad to believ...”

“Are your convictions so fragile that mine cannot stand in opposition to them? Is your God so illusory that the presence of my Devil reveals his insufficiency?”

“Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience, and though she is agonized at the thought of treating a man cruelly, she encourages him to love her while she doesn't love...”

“Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.Listen to it carefully.”

“If perception is limited by experience and knowledge, what deems my actions correct or my thoughts as moral?”

“Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own tr...”

“Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.”

“My calling ties me to no office, makes me no man's slave, compels me to no action which my soul condemns. It sets me free from town life, which I loathe; and allows me to breathe clean air, to exer...”

“I write because I must. It's not a choice or a pastime, it's an unyeilding calling and my passion.”

“J'ai un but, une tche, disons le mot, une passion. Le mtier d'crire en est une violente et presque indestructible."[Letter to Jules Boucoiran, 4 March 1831]”

“In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up. ”