“I think I love you, Bennett. Probably not relevant at the moment so no need to say thanks.”

“The insanity of love, and that’s why you’re trying to drive away with the park brake on.”

“A man doesn't want to be rejected. We're really quite sensitive.'Sensitive?' She laughed, her head on one side. 'Sensitive egos you mean. Never met a man who didn't have one of those.”

“And for at least that moment, I wouldn't have traded the hundreds of books I've read for the few I know almost by heart.”

“If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.”

“Most often, we walk without understanding this movement, without hearing its step, but knowing that we must go beyond an emptiness in us, and that only then our walk begins. In these moments, I think of the desert, of you.Suddenly the beating of a bird's heart; that alone breaks the air. Behind me, steps I know I made but which the ground did not retain. I wanted to learn thirst. Sand is this infinity that passes through us slowly ever since a beginning that we cannot name. Stripped of itself, the world restores its whiteness which, alone now, upholds the memory I am remaking. Detached, I am still trying to see if there is someone.My flesh melted in the desert.”

“I personally can't think of anything less sacrosanct than a bad book or even a mediocre book.”