Time is an illusion that makes us all pant.

I felt I was beating a rainbow to death

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.

Oncoming death is terrible enough, but worse still is oncoming death with time to spare, time in which all the happiness that was yours and all the happiness that might have been yours becomes clear to you. You see with utter lucidity all that you are losing.

My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth. I chose the sloth because its demeanour - calm, quiet and introspective - did something to soothe my shattered self.

If you don't have dreams, how do you maneuver reality? Where do you get the ideas to change reality if not from dreams?