René Char

"Many people operate as if there are two separate and equal sources of information—the self and others, wher…"

"He sees himself in his lover as if in a mirror, not knowing whom he sees, And when they are together, he to…"

"The smaller the company, the larger the conversation."

"Suffering passes, but the fact of having suffered never passes."

"The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in t…"

"We live in an age which eschews sentimentality as if it were a good deal more than the devil."