“We are unusual and tragic and alive.”
“We human beings build houses because we're alive but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable but we read because we know we're alone. Reading offers a kind of companionship that takes no one's place but that no one can replace either. It offers no definitive explanation of our destiny but links us inextricably to life. Its tiny secret links remind us of how paradoxically happy we are to be alive while illuminating how tragically absurd life is.”
“We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.”
“An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.”
“Had the situation not been so tragic, we might have laughed.”
“If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.”