The pillow smells like the sunlight, a precious smell.

What I want is for the two of us to meet somewhere by chance one day, like, passing on the street, or getting on the same bus.

All of us are imperfect human beings living in an imperfect world.

Everybody feels safe belonging not to the excluded minority but to the excluding majority. You think, Oh, I’m glad that’s not me. It’s basically the same in all periods in all societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.

Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual.

The best way to think about reality, I had decided, was to get as far away from it as possible.

All you have to do is wait,” I explained. “Sit tight and wait for the right moment. Not try to change anything by force, just watch the drift of things. Make an effort to cast a fair eye on everything. If you do that, you just naturally know what to do. But everyone’s always too busy. They’re too talented, their schedules are too full. They’re too interested in themselves to think about what’s fair.