"The writer is a man who is always searching for the right word, the perfect word, the word that will make the reader see what he sees, feel what he feels, understand what he understands."
"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion."