Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.

Revelation can be more perilous than Revolution.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

The square root of I is I.

We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless.

Resemblances are the shadows of differences. Different people see different similarities and similar differences.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.