The best novels are those that manage to create autonomous worlds, worlds that function according to their own laws and logic.

L'absence est à l'amour ce qu'est au feu le vent; il éteint le petit, il allume le grand.

Law is not morality; do not expect it to accomplish what only morality can.

I don't believe in luck. I believe in preparation meeting opportunity.

The world is a plot, a conspiracy, a cabal.

We must understand our history through literature.

Music is my life, thank you for making my life so wonderful.