Around you move many seas. It is impossible not to drown a little.

The only thing I've consistently been interested in in the last twenty-five years is writing very short texts. That continues to interest me as a project, to contain some part of reality, which is chaotic by definition, in a contained space. I like small apartments. I like getting rid of stuff. I went through my files yesterday and spent hours shredding things. It was great.

Time punishes us by taking everything, but it also saves us - by taking everything

Experience in itself wasn’t enough. The diary was my defense against waking up at the end of my life and realizing I’d missed it.

The best thing about time passing is the privilege of running out of it, of watching the wave of mortality break over me and everyone I know.

This is suffering's lesson: pay attention. The important part might come in a form you do not recognize.

I like people who possess either deep mastery or deep empathy, but not as much as I like those who possess both.