“It is not life that's complicated, it's the struggle to guide and control life.”
“„This is what people do here?”„It's a little more complicated than that.”„Everything seems complicated here,” he grumbled.„That"s life,” I laughed. „Life is complicated.”„And that's good?”I nodded. „That's good.”
“Life isn't complicated. It's very simple, really. It's us who make it complicated.”
“Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone's control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.”
“That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version.”
“To die, it's easy. But you have to struggle for life.”