"It was odd, he thought, that a man could hate himself as though he were someone else."

"My thought is me: that's why I can't stop. I exist because I think … and I can't stop myself from thinking. At this very moment—it's frightful—if I exist, it is because I am horrified at existing."

"We are condemned to invent man each day."

"We are left alone, without excuse."

"This is the contradiction of racism, colonialism, and all forms of tyranny: in order to treat a man like a dog, one must first recognize him as a man."