"I don't believe in an afterlife. I believe in an after-death."

"The experience that we have of our lives from within, the story we tell ourselves about ourselves in order to account for what we are doing, is fundamentally a lie – the truth lies outside, in what we…"

"I despise the kind of book which tells you how to live, how to make yourself happy! Philosophers have no good news for you at this level! I believe the first duty of philosophy is making you understan…"

"The greatest act of courage is to be afraid and still act."

"The only way to survive such shitty times, if you ask me, is to write and read big, fat books, you know?"