The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

He studied cities as women study their reflections.

The people that I liked and had not met went to the big cafes because they were lost in them and no one noticed them and they could be alone in them and be together.

You should only read what is truly good or what is frankly bad.

I do not need to get used to your silence. I already know it. I quite possibly love all of it.

The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.

Never$$$ never tell them. Try and remember that. Never tell anyone anything ever. Never tell anyone anything again.

You don't have to destroy me. Do you? ...

He liked the works of his friends$$$ which is beautiful as loyalty but can be disastrous as judgement.