“It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality.”

“All interpretation or observation of reality is necessarily fiction. In this case, the problem is that man is a moral animal abandoned in an amoral universe and condemned to a finite existence with no other purpose than to perpetuate the natural cycle of the species. It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for a human being. We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.”

“Hope, in reality, is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.”

“The logic of the suggestion fitted gradually into Abe’s pitch – he grew rather enthusiastic about being cared for, or rather about prolonging his state of irresponsibility.”

“To prolong doubt was to prolong hope.”

“Dreams have a hard time surviving when confronted with reality.”