"I am a man of letters, but I am also a man of action."

"I have always believed that paradise is a kind of library, but I have never been able to find it."

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."

"A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and people. A s…"

"Mirrors and copulation are abominable, for they multiply the numbers of men."