These atheist cultures were certainly diligent in preserving the relics of their saints.

The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.

We Gypsies know that where Jews are killed, Gypsies are always murthered too. And then a lot of other people, usually.

And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new?

There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.

Never before had I known the sudden quiver of understanding that travels from word to brain to heart, the way a new language can move, coil, swim into life under the eyes, the almost savage leap of comprehension, the instantaneous, joyful release of meaning, the way the words shed their printed bodies in a flash of heat and light.

Then you must say to her, 'Madame, I observe that your heart is broken. Allow me to repair it for you.