“Even the longest con was never more than an assortment of moments that were in themselves very very short.”
“Well, it does make you realize that life, even at its longest, is still very short.”
“Body cells replace themselves every month. Even at this very moment. Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.”
“But questions that don’t answer themselves at the very moment of their asking are never answered.”
“... and she loved a boy very, very much-- even more than she loved herself.”
“And perhaps we have reason to be very grateful that, both as children and long afterwards, we are never allowed to guess how the absorbing pursuit of the moment will appear, not only to others, but to ourselves, a very short time hence.”