Quotes by Paul Auster

Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought.

One should never underestimate the power of books.

Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.

When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists.

I'm living in the present, thinking about the past, hoping for the future.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.