“In other words, I was a moderately happy penguin who was occasionally attacked by sadness.”

“The sky and the sea invevitably meet and become one. Everywhere. Always.”

“Les romans sont la nourriture du cœur. Ce sont les lampes qui illuminent les ténèbres, la joie qui surpasse l’amour.”

“Un fantôme en pleine forme tient de la contradiction, tout comme un financier altruiste ou un Woody Allen optimiste. Peut-être les fantômes, lorsqu’ils reviennent sur terre, se montrent-ils sous leur jour le plus heureux ?”

“It's all right- this isn't the end of it. Endings and beginnings are as different than exits and entrances.”

“I have often had the impression that, to penguins, man is just another penguin -different, less predictable, occasionally violent, but tolerable company when he sits still and minds his own business.”

“Occasionally a moderately intelligent thought misses a turn and accidentally enters my mind”