“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.”

“One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.”

“Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.”

“But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently? One could presumably drive oneself to distraction in this way. In any case, while it is all very well to talk of 'turning points', one can surely only recognize such moments in re...”