Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame. Votes: 10
I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts. Votes: 0
At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories. Votes: 0
Our life is full of empty space. Votes: 0
Contemporary societies have lost the sense of the feast but have kept the obscure drive for it. Votes: 0
If somebody writes a book and doesn't care for the survival of that book, he's an imbecile. Votes: 0
I felt like poisoning a monk. Votes: 0
If you want to use television to teach somebody, you must first teachthem how to use television. Votes: 0
The truth is a young maiden as modest as she is beautiful, and therefore she is always seen cloaked. Votes: 0
Translation is the art of failure. Votes: 0
Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. Votes: 0
Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that. Votes: 0
Libraries can take the place of God. Votes: 0
With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the U.S.A. and China. Votes: 0
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. Votes: 0
Books always speak of other books. Votes: 0
He who falls in love in bars doesn't need a woman all his own. He can always find one on loan. Votes: 0
How beautiful was the spectacle of nature not yet touched by the often perverse wisdom of man! Votes: 0
I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then. Votes: 0
I write what I write. Votes: 0
In short, Roberto privately concluded, if you would avoid wars, never make treaties of peace. Votes: 0
In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty . Votes: 0
Love is wiser than wisdom. Votes: 0
My poetry had the same functional origin and the same formal configuration as teenage acne. Votes: 0
Nothing can shake my belief that this world is the fruit of a dark god whose shadow I extend. Votes: 0
Simple mechanisms do not love. Votes: 0
The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text. Votes: 0
The followers must feel besieged. Votes: 0
There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse. Votes: 0
To survive, you must tell stories. Votes: 0
We live for books. Votes: 0