“My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.”

“I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.”

“Invest in the future because that is where you are going to spend the rest of your life.”

“I’m scared I’m going to spend the rest of my life in a state of yearning, regardless of where I am.”

“...But it gradually seemed to me that I'd made myself believe something that wasn't true. I'd made myself believe that I was fine and happy and fulfilled on my own without the love of anyone else. Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would. I'd spend all my life without ever going to China, but it wouldn't matter, because there was all the rest of the world to visit... And I thought: am I really going to spend the rest of my life without feeling that again? I thought: I want to go to China. It's full of treasures and strangeness and mysteries and joy.”

“In my garden I spend my days, in my library I spend my nights. My interests are divided between my geraniums and my books. With the flower I am in the present; with the book I am in the past.”