There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse.

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

That day, I began to be incredulous. Or, rather, I regretted having been credulous. I regretted having allowed myself to be borne away by a passion of the mind. Such is credulity.

The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be sick.

Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.

A novel is a machine for generating interpretations.

You tell me these two were my parents, so now I know but it's a memory that you've given me. I'll remember the photo from now on, but not them.