The sun appears in one of the upper corners of the rectangle, on the left of anyone looking at the picture.

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing.

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

The distribution of tasks among the various employees follows a simple rule, which is that the duty of the members of each category is to do as much work as they possibly can, so that only a small part of that work need be passed to the category above. This means that the clerks are obliged to work without cease from morning to night, whereas the senior clerks do so only now and then, the deputies very rarely, and the Registrar almost never.

We've all had our moments of weakness, and if we manage to get through today without any, we'll be sure to have some tomorrow.

Because each of you has his or her own death, you carry it with you in a secret place from the moment you're born, it belongs to you and you belong to it.