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

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

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

“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.”

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

“Literature is the real life of imaginary people.”

“Readers are of two sorts: one who goes carefully through a book, and the other who as carefully lets the book go through him. ”