I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.

I have lost the freedom of not having an opinion.

Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.

Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.

My collection of rare books concerns only books that don't tell the truth.

Yesterday's rose endures in its name, we hold empty names.

Books are menaced by books. Any excess of information produces silence.