Its laugh is the mouth of a volcano which spatters the whole earth.

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

Why not seize the pleasure at once?—How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

I like adventures, and I’m going to find some; I’m tired of being told that girls mustn’t run and climb and laugh out loud, as if joy were a crime, when all I want is to use the strength I have, and see where it will take me, and make something worth the trouble of being alive.

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.

Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing… A new Hedonism—that is what our century wants.