… but only because exhaustion is a life-sign; it is at least a form of being human.

There are always suicides among people who are unable to say what they mean.

I always thought that you could do worse than find yourself dying in the company of a devoted former student.

It's a no-win argument - that business of what we're born with and what our environment does to us. And it's a boring argument, because it simplifies the mysteries that attend both our birth and our growth.

He also knew that rivals are best unmanned by being ignored.

My dear boy, please don’t put a label on me—don’t make me a category before you get to know me!

Self-hatred is worse than loneliness.