“And I wonder: Have I squandered my dogness? Have I forsaken my nature for my desires? Have I made a mistake by anticipating my future and shunning my present?”
“To be honest, I consider my very sordid past a blessing; if only because it made my wonderful present - and my bright future - possible!”
“I need to acknowledge that she may have controlled my past, but she doesn't have to dominate my present and my future, too”
“You're my present and my future Sadie, I will use whatever power I have to make you happy.”
“Naturally, in the course of my life I have made lots of mistakes, large and small, for one reason or another, but at the heart of it all, every time I made a mistake it was because I was not radical enough.”
“In spite of everything, I shall rise again; I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.”