»Who then,« she continues, »tells a finer tale than any of us? Silence does. And where does one read a deeper tale than upon the most perfectly printed page of the most precious book? Upon the blank page. When a royal and gallant pen, in the moment of its highest inspiration, has written down its tale with the rarest ink of all - where, then, may one read a still deeper, sweeter, merrier and more cruel tale than that? Upon the blank page.«
- The Blank Page (Det Ubeskrevne Blad), Karen Blixen, 1957.