Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Every human occupation has it repertoire of stock phrases, within which every man twists and turn until his death. His vocabulary, which seems so lavish, reduces itself to a hundred routine formulas at most, which he repeats over and over.Collection: Men
Uncertainty is a quality to be cherished, therefore – if not for it, who would dare to undertake anything?Collection: Quality
I am a man who knows nothing, guesses sometimes, finds frequently and who's always amazed.Collection: Men
There are some wounds that one can heal only by deepening them and making them worse.Collection: Get Well
If our Gods and our hopes are nothing but scientific phenomena, then let us admit it must be said that our love is scientific as well.Collection: Love Is
My own self-consciousness cries out to me coldly: how does one love zero?Collection: Zero
Thoughts and feelings change sometimes, as one crosses the frontiers.Collection: Feelings
Brunettes are full of electricity.Collection: Brunette
I have come with this message: since our gods and our aspirations are no longer anything but scientific, why shouldn't our loves be so too?Collection: Love
Dead voices, lost sounds, forgotten noises, vibrations lockstepping into the abyss and now too distant ever to be recaptured!...What sort of arrows would be able to transfix such birds?Collection: Voice