I have no way of knowing whether the events that I am about to narrate are effects or causes.

Time is the substance of which we are made

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Many of the characters are fools and they're always playing tricks on me and treating me badly.

I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.

I believe books will never disappear. It is impossible for it to happen. Of all man's diverse tools, undoubtedly the most astounding are his books... If books were to disappear, history would disappear. So would man.