The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb."

"A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams."

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

"I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed."

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.