I love Germany so much I'm glad there are two of them.

Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.

There is no accident in our choice of reading. All our sources are related.

The grandeur of man lies in song, not in thought.

What I fear is not being forgotten after my death, but, rather, not being enough forgotten. As we were saying, it is not our books that survive, but our poor lives that linger in the histories.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.

I believe that only poetry counts ... A great novelist is first of all a great poet.