...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone..

Actually loneliness has a kind of fascination; it's a state of egotistical, inner grace that you can achieve only by standing guard on old, forgotten….

She loves you, loathes you, treats you well, then ill. Like a leech or a surgeon's knife, she's double-edged: sometimes she'll cure, but sometimes sh….

Never trust a man who reads only one book..

Centuries of make-up that can be smudged by emotion have taught women to control their feelings..

Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder ….

Becoming a book collector is like joining a religion: it’s for life..

I once wrestled with an angel. He won, but I learned a few things..

Later, with time, I learned that although all men are capable of good and evil, the worst among them are those who, when they commit evil, do so by s….

What about the future?" "We'll talk about the future when it gets here..

Of all the universal lies she accepted unquestioningly, the happy ending was the most absurd. The hero and heroine lived happily ever after, and the ….

The world is full of banks and rivers running between them, of men and women crossing bridges and fords, unaware of the consequences, not looking bac….

Because God and the devil could be one and the same thing, and everybody understood it in his own way..

he looked around at the books on the walls, at their dark, worn spines, and he seemed to hear a strange, distant murmur coming from them. each of the….

One is never alone with a book nearby, don't you agree? Every page reminds us of a day that has passed and makes us relive the emotions that filled i….

You’ve just mentioned the price that has to be paid…Pride, freedom…Knowledge. Whether at the beginning or at the end, you have to pay for everything.….

You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations..

Everyone gets the devil he deserves..