Sublime

epicureans...

must support two or three caterpillars if I want to know the butterflies.

J’avais vingt ans à l’époque. Putain, je me disais, prends ton temps, Bandini. T’as dix ans pour l’écrire ton livre, alors du calme, faut s’aérer, faut sortir et se balader dans les rues et apprendre comment c’est la vie.

kitsch,

had acquired what, to my mind, is the most valuable success a writer can have—a faithful following, a reliable group of readers who looked forward to every new book and bought it, who trusted me, and whose trust I must not disappoint. —Stefan Zweig

son plus beau selon moi depuis le mémorable Journal d’un raté : Le Livre des eaux.

ersatz.

covetous

his skin, too, was dark, and his eyes seemed purple or brown, very softly coloured behind his glasses.