Ugo Betti

“We are all responsible for everything and to every human being.”

“When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.”

“Each of us is a secret, even from ourselves.”

“Justice is a terrible thing.”

“Every minute of life is a miracle.”

“To be afraid is a crime.”

“A person's life is of a given length, but its breadth is another matter.”

“One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love—any love—reveals to us our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.”

“The law is a sort of hocus-pocus. It's a game of words.”

“There is no freedom for men, but there is the freedom of a man.”