Reading is going toward something that is about to be, and no one yet knows what it will be.
Futures not achieved are only branches of the past: dead branches.
For the man who thought he was Man there is no salvation.
I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly bodies, sometimes from cities; above all I have tried to remove weight from the structure of stories and from language.
The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.
What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library?