"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy..." — Umberto Eco

The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity.

Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.

Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: You have to learn the rhythms of respiration - acquire the pace. Otherwise you stop right away.

You die, but most of what you have accumulated will not be lost; you are leaving a message in a bottle.