"If I hadn’t had Beckett in 1940 [in Paris, when Van Velde was strongly demoralized by the death of his wife], I’m not…"

"The prospect of reading Beckett's letters quickens the blood like no other's, and one must hope to stay alive until t…"

"I met Beckett at my brother’s place. That was a Big meeting [circa 1938, in Paris], in capital letters. It was before…"

"In fact, the real problem with the thesis of A Genealogy of Morals is that the noble and the aristocrat are just as l…"

"It means what it says."

"The only sin is the sin of being born."

"The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being acutely aware of…"

"I think the next little bit of excitement is flying. I hope I am not too old to take it up seriously, nor too stupid a…"

"I felt weak, perhaps I was."

"I grow gnomic. It is the last phase."