Nous voulons tous louer a'   l'anne¤  e et nous ne pouvons jamais louer que pour une semaine ou pour unjour. C'est l'image de la vie. Wewould all liketo leaseforayearand we canonly lease for a week or from day to day. That is the image of life.

-Anouilh,Jean
  Le Rendez-vous de Senlis, act1.

   I rent everything, other than the gift of life itself, which wasgiven to me without any predictable lease, a gift that can be withdrawn at any time.

-Kosinski,Jerzy Nikodem
  Interview given three days before his suicide, in the Weekend Guardian, 25^6 May.