11 quotes
The world is a never-ending cross-reference.
The Following Story (1991)
Every period in history has its own punishments, and ours has a multitude.
The Following Story (1991)
We will feel the draft blowing through the cracks in the structure of causality.
The Following Story (1991)
That is the difference between gods and men. Gods can change themselves; humans can only be changed.
The Following Story (1991)
I had breezed home on the wings of five gins.
The Following Story (1991)
It would be like this when you were really old-a city full of imaginary houses and women, rooms and girls. (Page 125)
Rituals (1980)
Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases. (Page 1)
Rituals (1980)
Besides, I simply had to get back to my books right away, because the company of most people, once the predictable events have taken their course, does not inspire conversation on my part.
The Following Story (1991)
My tears are only triggered by kitsch.
The Following Story (1991)
It is a peculiarity of time that in retrospect it appears so compact, an indivisible solid object, a dish with only one smell and one flavor. (Page 4)
Rituals (1980)
For the sake of having her with me I had to tolerate the shadow of a tracksuited poet, but one who has taken the guise of a man in love will indiscriminately eat and drink platefuls of thistles, barrels of vinegar.
The Following Story (1991)