“I learned early that the one truly international quality among people of all races is xenophobia.”
“There is only one quality that makes humans truly human and that is their will.”
“The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.”
“I learned very early in life that I was always going to need people more than they needed me.”
“Above all else, I had learned the one thing every person has to learn to make it through life: the only person you can truly count on is yourself.”
“People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.”