“Although the photographer and the art thief were close friends, neither had ever taken the other's picture.”

“And although I broke a lot of laws as a teenager, I straightened out immediately upon turning eighteen, when I realized the state had a legal right to execute me.”

“I was a loner as a child. I had an imaginary friend - I didn't bother with him.”

“The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either. So what I’m left with is the memory of having learned something very wise that I can’t quite remember.”

“She was only a prostitute, but she had the nicest face I ever came across.”

“Because we were a poor area, the school had a small budget and was unable to teach the second half of the alphabet.”

“It turned out I was pretty good in science. But again, because of the small budget, in science class we couldn't afford to do experiments in order to prove theories. We just believed everything. Actually, I think that class was called Religion. Religion class was always an easy class. All you had to do was suspend the logic and reasoning you were being taught in all the other classes.”