Witold Gombrowicz

"And she sat at dinner, oh, mature in her immaturity, self-confident, indifferent and alone, and I sat for her, for her, for her I sat and I could not for one second not sit for her, I was in her, she contained me in her along with my mockery, her tastes, her tastes were decisive for me and I could please myself only insofar as I pleased her."

"It's the end, what a gas, And who's read it is an ass!"

"Now come, mouths! No, I am not saying goodbye to you, strange and unknown faces of strangers, unknown men who will read me, I welcome you, I welcome you, graceful bundles of body parts, now let it begin - come and join me, start your smooching, give me a new face, so that I will have to run away from you again into other people and run, run, run through all of humanity. For there is no escape from a mouth except into another mouth, and the only way to escape from a man is into the embrace of another. There is no escape from the butt at all. Chase me if you want. I run away with my mouth in my hands."

"What's worse, the forest was green."

"Why does Słowacki arouse admiration and love in us? (…) Because, gentlemen, Słowacki was a great poet!"

"Without students, there would be no school, and without school, there would be no life!"

"Without students, there would be no school, and without school, there would be no teachers."

"I demand death homes where everyone would have modern means of easy death at their disposal. Where you could die smoothly, not by throwing yourself in front of a train or hanging yourself on a doorknob. Where a tired, worn-out, finished man could surrender himself to the friendly arms of a specialist so that he could be assured of a death without torture and disgrace. Why not, I ask, why not? Who stops you from civilizing death?"

"I have never needed God in my life - from my earliest childhood, not even for five minutes - I have always been self-sufficient."

"Monday - me, Tuesday - me, Wednesday - me, Thursday - me."

"You don't necessarily have to be a god to have followers."