I'd be smiling and chatting away, and my mind would be floating around somewhere else, like a balloon with a broken string.

The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow.

Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes,’ I’m unsure how to talk to you

I said nothing for a time, just ran my fingertips along the edge of the human-shaped emptiness that had been left inside me.

Perhaps most people in the world aren’t trying to be free, Kafka. They just think they are. It’s all an illusion. If they really were set free, most people would be in a real pickle. You’d better remember that. People actually prefer not being free?

There's no war that will end all wars.

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.