“This story, which takes place one a Sunday in July in a hot, deserted Lisbon, is the Requiem that the character I refer to as I was called on to perform in this book. Were someone to ask me why I w...”

“Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.”

“No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.”

“I live quietly at home among my family and friends.”

“Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.”

“I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination.”

“Nature: it might be the magical key to unlock a locked imagination.”

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

“You like me not because I like you. I like you just because I like me.”

“Maybe the truth is I really want to like you instead.”

“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.”

“Unlike wealth, there is an infinite value in legacy.”

“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is - infinite.”

“Every person has to prepare himself to the point where no place would be burdensome for him. The place may get bored with him, but he will not get bored; he has to get prepared to that extent. Beca...”