So that the monotonous fall of the waves on the beach, which for the most part beat a measured and soothing tattoo to her thoughts seemed consolingly to repeat over and over again.

I prefer men to cauliflowers

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

No sooner have you feasted on beauty with your eyes than your mind tells you that beauty is vain and beauty passes

A million candles burnt in him without his being at the trouble of lighting a single one

To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value to place upon what we read, is to destroy the spirit of freedom which is the breath of those sanctuaries.

A perfect treat must include a trip to a second-hand bookshop.