In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.

What we call the present is given shape by an accumulation of the past.

That's what we all do: endlessly take the long way around.

For a certain kind of person, love begins from something tiny or silly. From something like that or it doesnt begin at all.

Reality's just the accumulation of ominous prophecies come to life. All you have to do is open a newspaper on any given day to weigh the good news versus the bad news, and you'll see what I mean.

It seems to me, though, that you always understand very well what I can't say very well. Trouble is I end up being even worse at saying things well.

It's just like sex; when [a book is] finished, it's finished.