I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside - from others. We do not accept it will…

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it prese…

Work almost always has a double aspect: it is a bondage, a wearisome drudgery; but it is also a source of interest, a steadying element, a factor that helps to…

What is our life but a succession of preludes to that unknown song whose first solemn note is sounded by death?

Maybe when you die, you come before a big, bearded man on a big throne, and you say, 'Is this heaven?' And he says, 'Heaven? You just came from there.'

[After being asked about why he writes about death so much.] 'It's more about awareness, you know? Because without death, life would be meaningless, don't you …