“In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.”

“It's so nice to know where you're going, in the early stages. It almost rids you of the wish to go there.”

“That's the advantage of insomnia. People who go to be early always complain that the night is too short, but for those of us who stay up all night, it can feel as long as a lifetime. You get a lot done”

“Thus is order ensured: some have to play the game because they cannot otherwise live, and those who could live otherwise are kept out because they do not want to play the game. It is as if the class from which independent intellectuals have defected takes its revenge, by pressing its demands home in the very domain where the deserter seeks refuge.”

“But anybody who's never had delirium tremens even in their early stages may not understand that it's not so much a physical pain but a mental anguish indescribable to those ignorant people who dont drink and accuse drinkers of irresponsibility.”

“Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.”