“why shouldnt things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? they are so, and we are so, and they and we go together.”
“Why do people need other people so much? Why can't we just do our work and go home? Why do we have to talk and touch and dream together?”
“We can chase the dark together, if you go then so will I.”
“We dreamed together, we planned a life together. We were so young, but we were so sure.”
“We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be. That's why habits are so hard to break. If we know ourselves to be liars, we expect not to tell the truth. If we think of ourselves as honest, we try harder.”
“The public is largely influenced by the look of a book. So are we all. It is the only artistic thing about the public.”