“For the painful essence of withdrawal does not reside in the present suffering it brings - withdrawal is painless on the level of the immediate moment - but in the prospect of suffering to come, the rich future that one… — Jean-Philippe Toussaint Copy Share Image
“For where books, for instance, always offer a thousand times more than they are, television offers exactly what it is, its essential immediacy, its… — Jean-Philippe Toussaint Copy Share
“For the painful essence of withdrawal does not reside in the present suffering it brings - withdrawal is painless on the level of the… — Jean-Philippe Toussaint Copy Share
“There wasn't a human being for several kilometers around, not a news-stand, not a shop, not a café, not a school. Not a cat,… — Jean-Philippe Toussaint Copy Share
“Les meilleurs livres sont ceux dont on se souvient du fauteuil dans lequel on les a lus.” — Jean-Philippe Toussaint Copy Share
“She misunderstood my method, in my opinion, not realizing that my approach, rather obscure to those unfamiliar, was based on the idea that in… — Jean-Philippe Toussaint Copy Share
“Once again, it seemed, I was discovering the truth of the rule, a rule I'd never explicitly formulated to myself, but whose veracity I'd… — Jean-Philippe Toussaint Copy Share
“And yet that's the best way to watch television actively: with your eyes closed.” — Jean-Philippe Toussaint Copy Share
“The chances of seeing an idea through to completion are inversely proportional to the time you’ve spent talking about it beforehand. ” — Jean-Philippe Toussaint Copy Share
