“Actually it's this easy to explain: When your time's up...poof...your time is up!”
“It's no good trying to get rid of your own aloneness. You've got to stick to it all your life. Only at times, at times, the gap will be filled in. At times! But you have to wait for the times. Accept your own aloneness and stick to it, all your life. And then accept the times when the gap is filled in, when they come. But they've got to come. You can't force them.”
“It's only knitting and it's one of the few times in your life when there are no bad consequences to a mistake.”
“Don't waste your time with jealousy. Some times your ahead, some times your behind. The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself.”
“When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home.”