Octave Mirbeau — French Writer born on February 16, 1848, died on February 16, 1917

Octave Mirbeau was a French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde. His work has been translated into thirty languages... (wikipedia)

The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke.
When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.