Most people in this world seem to live “in character”; they have a beginning, a middle and an end, and the three are congruous one with another and true to the rules of their type. You can speak of them as being of this sort of people or that.
Man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world – and defines himself afterwards.
But every man has a devil, and a man of unusual quality, like yourself, Ramsay, has an unusual devil. You must get to know your personal devil.
You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit.
Men are more like house cats. Leave them alone for too long and they'll die of sadness.