But he had hardly felt the absurdity of those things, on the one hand, and the necessity of those others, on the other, (for it is rare that the feeling of absurdity is not followed by the feeling of necessity), when he felt the absurdity of those things of which he had just felt the necessity (for it is rare that the feeling of necessity is not followed by the feeling of absurdity.)

Watt had watched people smile and thought he understood how it was done.

I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.

It's so nice to know where you're going, in the early stages. It almost rids you of the wish to go there.

My mistakes are my life.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm in my right mind. Then it passes off and I'm as intelligent as ever.

The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I mean without the courage to end or the strength to go on.