“I seem to myself, as in a dream,An accidental guest in this dreadful body.”

“I typically avoid looking in the mirror for fear I will accidentally intimidate myself.”

“Every gathering has its moment. As an adult, I distract myself by trying to identify it, dreading the inevitable downswing that is sure to follow. The guests will repeat themselves one too many times, or you'll run out of dope or liquor and realize that it was all you ever had in common.”

“I dreamed of myself in a dream, and told the dream, which was mine, as if it were another person's of whom I dreamed. Indeed what is life when thinking of the past, but dreaming of a dream dreamt by another who seems to be oneself?”

“I always found in myself a dread of west and a love of east.”

“Seemingly suicidal, it's not. I never wanted to live. I wanted to be happy. Living was always accidental.”