Stephane Mallarme

The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.

In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.

The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.