The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity.

I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-headed, clean, and as emotionless as an aluminum pot.

It takes a little time, but the pleasures of cooking begin before the pleasures of the palate, and preparing means anticipating.

When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment.

but I had also learned that freedom of speech means freedom from rhetoric.

Jacopo Belbo didnt understand that he had had his moment and that it would have to be enough for him, for all his life. Not recognizing it, he spent the rest of his days seeking something else, until he damned himself.

To read a paper book is another experience: you can do it on a ship, on the branch of a tree, on your bed, even if there is a blackout.