"I very much believe in the influence of magic and the subconscious on the literary process...I think that magic has t…"

"(About the Assumption of Mary) She who was conceived without spot and borne without pain, who became mother without l…"

"Of all the things to seek, the first is wisdom, in which lies the form of perfect goodness."

"Wisdom enlightens human beings so that they may recognise themselves."

"Tell me, I beg you, what – among all things – has become the one thing for you, the thing you want to embrace in a un…"

"Omnia disce. Videbis postea nihil esse superfluum. Coartata scientia iucunda non est."

"Delicatus ille est adhuc cui patria dulcis est; fortis autem iam, cui omne solum patria est; perfectus vero, cui mund…"

"Love seems to be the satisfaction of a person's heart towards something, because of something: it presents itself as …"

"You have given me perfection of sensitivity, quickness of intelligence, strength of memory; you have given me the abi…"

"O my soul, what do you think that sweet and gentle thing is, which devout souls usually feel and taste when they reme…"