“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason...”

“Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.”

“Most writers have been influenced by Faulkner.”

“Eddy tells me his book is basically an argument against suicide. Every page contains a reason not to kill yourself.”