75 Quotes by Antonio Tabucchi

personally I don't trust literature that soothes people's consciences.

A l'intérieur de ce corps vivait l'âme d'une intellectuelle et poète dont personne n'avait le soupçon. Within this body lived the soul of an intellectual and poet, which nobody had suspected.

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

Philosophy appears to concern itself only with the truth, but perhaps expresses only fantasies, while literature appears to concern itself only with fantasies, but perhaps it expresses the truth.

It’s the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.

No, I’m happy to go on living the life I’ve chosen. I’m a university teacher and I like my job.

I don’t have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don’t have the slightest doubt about human rights.

It’s very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world.

People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they’re more energetic – they aren’t robots.