"A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only moral…"

"The light that radiates from the great novels time can never dim, for human existence is perpetually being forgotten …"

"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a g…"

"Suspending moral judgment is not the immorality of the novel; it is its morality. The morality that stands against th…"

"True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankin…"

"Optimism is the opium of the people."

"Nothing is more repugnant to me than brotherly feelings grounded in the common baseness people see in one another."

"Žádné pocínání není samo o sobe dohré ani zlé. Teprve jeho místo v rádu ciní je dobrým ci zlým."

"No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrode…"

"Do you realize that people don't know how to read Kafka simply because they want to decipher him? Instead of letting …"