There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is, and if the book has any kind of message, I suppose that's it.

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.

We are so afraid of the idea of having to die... that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were asking beforehand to be excused when it is our turn.

all stories are like those about the creation of the universe, no one was there, no one witnessed anything, yet everyone knows what happened.

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity.

Globalization is a form of totalitarianism... It is the rich who rule, and the poor live as they can.

Americans have discovered fear.