Slowly I became possessed by the absurd conviction that everything was possible, and it seemed to me that even those deserted streets and that hostile wind smelled of hope.

“All interpretation or observation of reality is necessarily fiction. In this ca…”

“Geduld ist die Mutter der Wissenschaft", entgegnete sie. "Und die Patin des Wah…”

“Perhaps if by chance I was seen arranging the shop window in my underpants, som…”

“That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give…”