“The trouble in life is not that you are extraordinarily or ordinarily talented but you are read posthumously.”
“People are always complaining that life's not fair, but that simply isn't true. Life is extraordinarily fair. It's just not centered on you.”
“Talent is liquified trouble.”
“Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't.”
“You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.”
“Reading is accumulating knowledge. But not only that. Reading offers us every day what religion promises us for a posthumous and improbable future: the possibility of living beyond what our lifetime allows us to.”