“Will you tell me, William, you who know so much about heretics that you seem one of them, where the truth lies?"
"Nowhere, at times," William said, sadly.”
― The Name of the Rose
"Nowhere, at times," William said, sadly.”
― The Name of the Rose
“...the stink of the cities is encroaching upon our holy places.”
― The Name of the Rose
― The Name of the Rose
“The glutton has become pure again," William said to me.
"But is this purity?" I asked, horrified.
"There must be some other kind as well," William said, "but, however it is, it always frightens me."
"What terrifies you most in purity?" I asked.
"Haste," William answered.”
―
"But is this purity?" I asked, horrified.
"There must be some other kind as well," William said, "but, however it is, it always frightens me."
"What terrifies you most in purity?" I asked.
"Haste," William answered.”
―
“I’ve had too much experience in life to believe in the infallibility of doctors. Some of them are clever men, some of them are not. And half the time the best of them don’t know what is the matter with you. I have no truck with doctors and their medicines myself.”
― The Thirteen Problems
― The Thirteen Problems
“I know that I shall never again meet anything or anybody that will inspire me with passion. You know, it’s quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness…there is even a moment, right at the start, where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it, you don’t do it. I know that I shall never jump again.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
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