To those who ask if I have read their book, I reply: I have not yet read Homer.
With renunciation life begins.
When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks.
One is not oneself every day-fortunately.
A good book is never exhausted; we are never exhausted by a good book.
Fashion: the search for a new absurdity.