“I don't always understand other people's motives. I will repeat that for my own benefit, if you don't mind. I don't always understand other people's motives.”

“I remember a little later wondering why things always turn out to be diametrically opposed to what you expect them to be. It's no good even trying to predict what this opposite will be because it always fools you and turns out to be the opposite of that, if you see what I mean. If you think this is geometrically impossible all I can say is that you don't know my life”

“It's just that I know the world is so wide and full of people and exciting things that I just go crazy every day stuck in these institutions. I mean if I don't get started soon, how will I get the chance to sharpen my wits? It takes lots of training. You have to start very young.”

“I always expect people to behave much better than I do. When they actually behave worse, I am frankly incredulous.”

“I mean if I don't get started soon, how will I get the chance to sharpen my wits? It takes alot of training.”

“I’ve never wanted to meet anyone I’ve been introduced to. I want to meet all the other people.”

“It's amazing how right you can be about a person you don't know; it's only the people you do know who confuse you.”