I'm convinced the true history of our time isn't what we read in newspapers or books...True history is almost invisible. It flows like an underground spring. It takes place in the shadows, and in silence, George. And only a chosen few know what that history is.

True literature should rouse the reader, unsettle him, change his view of the world, give him a resolute push over the cliff of self-knowledge

...the wrath of God pales beside that of man.

...there are so many books left to read. For that reason alone it is worth going on living. Books make me happy, the help me escape from reality.

I don't think traveling back in time on an empty stomach is a good idea.

Time is a river sweeping away all that is born towards the darkest shore.

The most terrifying thing is sometimes not what we see, but rather what we are forced to imagine.