Monsieur Teste Quotes

“The stranger’s way of looking at things, the eye of a man who does not recognize, who is beyond this world, the eye as frontier between being & non-being — belongs to the thinker. It is also the eye of a dying man, a man losing recognition.”
― Paul Valéry, Monsieur Teste

“How can one not feel enthusiasm for the man who never said anything vague?”
― Paul Valéry, Monsieur Teste