If a person remains tense for a long time he might not notice it himself, but it’s like his nerves are a piece of rubber that has been stretched out. It’s hard to go back to the original shape.

Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy.

Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.

Is it against the law for me to know it?

Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.

I don’t know what it means to live.

I am nothing. I’m like someone who’s been thrown into the ocean at night, floating all alone. I reach out, but no one is there. I call out, but no one answers. I have no connection to anything.