“Few things are more deceptive than memories.”

“Few things leave a deeper mark on the reader, than the first book that finds its way to his heart.”

“Memories are worse than bullets.”

“Once, in my father's bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into his heart. Those first images, the echo of words we think we have left behind, accompany us throughout our lives and sculpt a palace in our memory to which, sooner or later—no matter how many books we read, how many worlds we discover, or how much we learn or forget—we will return.”

“I could tell you it's the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.”

“There are times and places where not to be anyone is more honourable than to be someone.”

“I miss having a villain. Whether we realize it or not, most of us define ourselves by opposing rather than by favoring something or someone. To put it another way, it is easier to react than to act. Nothing arouses a passion for dogma more than a good antagonist. And the more unlikely the better.”