Writing Was A Chimney For

The Past Is Able To Close Round Certain Moments, As If They Were Seeds, And Deliver Them Again Fresh And Living In The Present.

In France, Even Heresy Rapidly Hardens Into Dogma.

Invaders Always Destroy Libraries.

Novelists Who Treat Violence And Cruelty As Something To Be Exploited For Their Effect, Or To Enjoy The Pleasure Of An Evacuation, Are Carriers Of A Singularly Unpleasant Disease.

Failures To Love Are Irremediable And Irredeemable.