My Library Is An Archive Of Longings.

Ours Is A Culture Based On Excess, On Overproduction; The Result Is A Steady Loss Of Sharpness In Our Sensory Experience. All The Conditions Of Modern Life - Its Material Plenitude, Its Sheer Crowdedness - Conjoin To Dull Our Sensory Faculties

The Truth Of History Crowds Out The Truth Of Fiction - As If One Were Obliged To Choose Between Them.

The Really Important Thing Is Not To Reject Anything.

There Are More And More Taboos About Calling Something, Anything, Ugly.

A Good Book Is An Education Of The Heart.