...as long as nothing happens between them, the memory is cursed with what hasn't happened.

Nowhere is one more alone than in Paris ... and yet surrounded by crowds. Nowhere is one more likely to incur greater ridicule. And no visit is more essential.

Words don't change their shape, they change their meaning, their function...They don't have a meaning of their own any more, they refer to other words that you don't know, that you've never read or heard...you've never seen their shape, but you feel...you suspect...they correspond to...an empty space inside you...or in the universe.

...as long as nothing happens between them, the memory is cursed with what hasn't happened.

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable.

I seldom read on beaches or in gardens. You can't read by two lights at once, the light of day and the light of the book. You should read by electric light, the room in shadow, and only the page lit up.

Drinking isn't necessarily the same as wanting to die. But you can't drink without thinking you're killing yourself.