« The silent child I have long been, the wise, slightly withdrawn child, it was said, who will later be willing to think himself misunderstood, unloved, has not met on his way someone with whom to share his secrets and who would have been able to deliver him: secrets ignored by himself. »

« We have forgotten somewhat today, where it is appropriate to celebrate the desire ("do not give in on his desire", said Lacan who actually did not give in), the importance that Freud attaches to the idea of renunciation. Give up getting everything immediately, agree to cease being His Majesty the Baby, renounce conquering and possessing the mother, suppress father and brothers, recognize our finitude, admit that we are not immortal and that we are neither the center of the world nor the center of ourselves, discover at our expense the limits of our thought... The list is long and we do not like to see in our life a succession of renunciations. Yet this is the condition for this life to invent and invent itself, to be always in motion instead of remaining forever fixed to its first expectations, to its first objects of love and hatred. »

« Would our changing moods also be subject to the influence of the moon? I did not dislike being a lunatic, to know the tiny pleasures offered to me by the low tide to experience a few hours later the capital pleasures that the high tide gives me. Life is moving away, but it's coming back. »