“That was always my fear, that perhaps books would lead me astray, teaching me about a life that didn’t match reality.”

“These two oo in "book" are like the two eyes of a reader who fell in love with a story.”

“Literature is the real life of imaginary people.”

“No secret can remain hidden for ever. Silently and patiently, it waits in the dark. It lets you build your life, carefully stacking the bricks one by one, and then it appears. It deals its blow and everything crumbles. That’s why it remains intact and incorruptible in time, waiting for its ultimate destiny to be revealed.”

“That’s what love is like: mother of the greatest bliss and stepmother of the most tragic misery.”

“Never look back; you may only find what you left or let you go.”

“Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back on the shelf and say, “good book,” as if I was patting a good dog. I wanted books to change me, and I wanted to write books that would change others.”