To know the world, one must construct it

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference.

There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.

Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.

The only joy in the world is to begin.