It's only worth staying in bed if you're young and in good company.

Time goes faster the more hollow it is. Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that don’t stop at your station.

It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for human beings. We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.

Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.

I don't belong to any side. What's more, I think flags are nothing but painted rags that represent rancid emotions. Just seeing someone wrapped up in one of them, spewing out hymns, badges and speeches, gives me the runs. I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself

A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.

I stepped into the bookshop and breathed in that perfume of paper and magic that strangely no one had ever thought of bottling.