Patriotism Is The Religion Of Hell.

Literature Is A Vast Bazaar Where Customers Come To Purchase Everything Except Mirrors.

I Was Born, I Think, With The Desire To Make Beautiful Books — Brave Books That Would Preserve The Glories Of The Dream Untarnished, And Would Re-create Them For Battered People, And Re-awaken Joy And Magnanimity.

At All Events, I Do Not Mean To Leave It Unaltered.

Good And Evil Keep Very Exact Accounts... And The Face Of Every Man Is Their Ledger.

I Am Manuel. I Have Lived In The Loneliness Which Is Common To All Men, But The Difference Is That I Have Known It. Now It Is Necessary For Me, As It Is Necessary For All Men, To Die In This Same Loneliness, And I Know That There Is No Help For It.