Georg Brandes

But my doubt would not be overcome. Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to the consciousness of sin that Christianity was not horror or madness. For me it was sometimes both.

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

The thing about Paris, it's a great city for wandering around and buying shoes and nursing a cafe au lait for hours on end and pretending you're Baudelaire. But it's not a city where you can work.

I am happy to the spokeswoman for this French youth that tomorrow will be spearhead new hope in the shape of the National Front.