“That would have been the worst kind of violation, to read you words uninvited.”

“And what would you do, if an uninvited dwarf came and hung his things up in your hall without a word of explanation?”

“Can you enter a house uninvited?""No.""Why?""That would be rude.”

“The worst kind of brokenness is the kind that you don’t know you have.”

“How about Proust's In Search of Lost Time?" Tamaru asked. "If you've never read it this would be a good opportunity to read the whole thing." "Have you read it?""No, I haven't been in jail, or had to hide out for a long time. Someone once said unless you have those kinds of opportunities, you can't read the whole of Proust.”

“As long as I can remember I have been carelessly casting myself uninvited into novels where no self-respecting novelist would have me. This literary gate-crashing of mine must be a sign of a wretched thirsting after immortality.”