as one grows older, one realizes how little one knows about any relationship, or even about oneself.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

It was an unspoken pleasure, that having come together so many years, ruined so much and repaired a little, we had endured.

I'm too old to recover, too narrow to forgive myself.

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

A theme is always necessary, a plain, simple, unadorned theme to confuse the ignorant.

Fear comes with middle age.