The visible universe was an illusion or, more precisely, a sophism. Mirrors and fatherhood are abominable because they multiply it and extend it.

Life and death have been lacking in my life.

To bless thine enemy is a good way to satisfy thy vanity.

In Spanish it is very difficult to make things flow, because words are over-long. But in English, you have light words.

When I write, I do it urged by an intimate necessity. I don't have in mind an exclusive public, or a public of multitudes, I don't think in either thing. I think about expressing what I want to say. I try to do it in the simplest way possible.

All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.

Happy are the beloved and the lovers and those who can live without love.