Given that life is so short, do I really want to spend one-ninetieth of my remaining days on earth reading Edward Gibbon?

Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.

I've read that under trauma, that you have this ability to kind of disconnect from the experience.

I think how badly things can go wrong in our judicial system. All it took was one person saying that this was a deliberately set fire, and then a whole chain of information became malevolent.Criminal past - that worked all in their favor to create this "monster" - and they even used the word "monster." It's like, let's ensure that the public thinks he's an evil individual.

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.

Our relationship now thoroughly ruined, with even civility destroyed between us, all I wanted anymore was the door.

This was my moment to look for the kind of healing and peace that can only come from solitude.