“Reality is not always probable, or likely.”

“Reality is partial to symmetry and slight anachronisms”

“We accept reality so readily - perhaps because we sense that nothing is real.”

“The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said. Looking for metaphors, for example: When I was a young man I was always hunting for new metaphors. Then I found out that really good metaphors are always the same.”

“Then he reflected that reality does not usually coincide with our anticipation of it; with a logic of his own he inferred that to forsee a circumstantial detail is to prevent its happening. Trusting in this weak magic, he invented, so that they would not happen, the most gruesome details.”

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”

“I had always imagined Paradise as a kind of library.- Blindness”