Antonio Tabucchi

“I think nostalgia is a form of melancholy.”

“A coincidence is a small miracle in which God chooses to remain anonymous.”

“History is made of silences as much as of sounds.”

“I believe we are made of stories. Our memories are stories, our desires are stories, our regrets are stories.”

“Literature isn't an answer, it's a question.”

“Memory is a strange archive. It's not arranged in alphabetical order.”

“The world is full of wonders, but they become wonders only when we are able to tell them.”

“The past is an invention. It's the present that's real.”

“To write is to want to infect others with a certain view of the world.”

“It is not the place that is important, but the state of mind.”

“The future is a hypothesis, and the past is a dream.”

“Dreams are the only place where we are truly free.”

“Perhaps we are nothing but the stories we tell.”

“A photograph is a witness, but a witness of what?”