There always should be something hanging unfinished before a scene ends so that there's a reason for going to the next scene.

Water is the exile, carried back in cans and flasks, the ghost between your hands and your mouth.

There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You discover the carapace that will contain and test your character. You will find in this way the path of your life.

Half a page--and the morning is already ancient.

What night gave Rafael was a formlessness in which everything had a purpose. As if darkness had a hidden musical language.

When we are young we do not look into mirrors. It is when we are old, concerned with our name, our legend, what our lives will mean to the future. We become vain with the names we own, our claims to have been the first eyes, the strongest army, the cleverest merchant. It is when he is old that Narcissus wants a graven image of himself.

Jung was absolutely right about one thing. We are occupied by gods. The mistake is to identify with the god occupying you.