Tabes

“To exist is to drink oneself without thirst.”
― Annie Ernaux, Les Années

“Near the kiosk the old lady who sold refreshments seemed slowly to be gathering all the shadows of evening about her skirts.”
― Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

“In all the world there has never been, there is not, and there will never be any such thing as time. There is only place. What people call time is only place after place. Eternity is here already, and it has no mystery about it; eternity is just another name for this endless scenery where we wander from one place to another.”
― Gerald Murnane, Velvet Waters

“Revolution will free society of its afflictions, while science will free the individual of his.”
― Mario Vargas Llosa, The War of the End of the World