Oh lovers! be careful in those dangerous first days! once you've brought breakfast in bed you'll have to bring it forever, unless you want to be accused of lovelessness and betrayal.

The degree of slowness is directionally proportional to the intensity of memory. The degree of speed is directionally proportional to the intensity of forgetting.

Disgust at having to talk about oneself is what distinguishes novelistic talent from lyric talent.

A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality.

The longing for order is at the same time a longing for death, because life is an incessant disruption of order.

Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.

When you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful, and polite, you have hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is true/sincere.