“You re­al­ize that there’s no point in do­ing any­thing if no­body’s watch­ing.”

“You re­al­ize that our mis­trust of the fu­ture makes it hard to give up the past.”

“Then all you can do is get lost in the tiny de­tails of ev­ery day do­ing the same tasks over and over.”

“Since change is con­stant, you won­der if peo­ple crave death be­cause it’s the on­ly way they can get any­thing re­al­ly fin­ished.”

“There’s al­ways the chance you could die right in the mid­dle of your life sto­ry.”

“If there’s any trick to doing a job you hate . . . Mrs. Clark says it’s to find a job you hate even more.”

“You realize that there's no point in doing anything if nobody's watching.”